2021 Rio de Janeiro shootout

On 6 May 2021, at least 25 people were killed in a shootout between police and drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The raid happened in Jacarezinho, a favela in Rio de Janeiro. The police raid happened before noon, following reports that a local drug gang was trying to recruit children.

The shootout caused the highest-ever death toll from a police raid in Rio de Janeiro.

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2021 shootout