Shooting at Avenida Brasil leaves five shots

A confrontation between the police and bandits at the time of Manguinhos, in Rio Norte, left five dead, Wednesday afternoon, including three policemen. The shooting led to the closing of the two directions of Avenida Brasil around 12:30.

According to the Prime Minister, police officers from the 22nd BPM (Maré) besieged and exchanged gunfire with criminals.

According to the Prime Minister, police officers of the 22nd BPM (Maré). who escorted a truck that had been stolen.

In the action, three policemen were injured and taken to the hospital of the Central Military Police, in Estácio. One of them is a captain of the Shock Battalion. The state of health of the agents was not revealed. The driver of the stolen truck and a second person traveling on Avenida Brasil were also beaten and taken to a local hospital. There is still no information on their state of health.

Cars stopped on the Avenue of Brazil, at the height of Manguinhos, during a shootout between bandits and police officers “/>

Drivers report that at least two vehicles were shot down. One of them lies in the middle lane, in the direction of the center, and another in the side lane, next to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz). Employees of the institution were having lunch and they had to throw themselves on the ground to protect themselves

"Avoid Brasil Avenue, I just pbaded by there in the middle of the shooting, I do not even have had the time to see my life pbad before my eyes, said a user.