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Did you hear about this?
Drug traffickers launched a wave of coordinated attacks on police in Sao Paulo at the weekend, leaving at least 50 people dead in one of the most violent chapters in recent Brazilian history.
In at least 100 separate attacks on Friday, Saturday and yesterday, groups of criminals brandishing hand grenades and automatic weapons swept across the metropolis, gunning down members of the security forces as they worked. At least two bystanders died in the crossfire.
Simultaneous rebellions broke out in 51 of the state’s prisons, where more than 240 prison guards were being held hostage yesterday.
Last night, the police death toll stood at 35, with 32 seriously injured. At least 14 gang members were killed.
Walter Maierovitch, head of the Giovanni Falconi institute of criminal studies, described the incidents to one local paper as “a night of Baghdad”.
Holy crap! Sounds like al-Qaeda’s signature of simultaneous terror attacks has been forged right there in Lula’s backyard.
Sao Paulo’s governor, Claudio Lembo, blamed the attacks on a drug faction known as the First Command of the Capital (PCC). Founded in 1993 by prisoners at the Taubate penitentiary in Sao Paulo, it is one of the most powerful drug factions in the country. Mr Lembo said the attacks were a response to the transfer of 765 prisoners to a maximum security unit in the interior of the state. The group reportedly included eight PCC members who were placed in solitary confinement to isolate them from gang members outside the prison.
Why isn’t this being discussed on my TV as a major terrorist event?
