RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian drug gang members crashed Saturday afternoon a police helicopter which caught fire in the center of conflict of two rival gangs. The aircraft crash killed two policemen and four were injured. The incident occurred just two weeks after the Rio de Janeiro chosen to host the Olympic games 2016th year.
The conflict has killed and ten members of the gang while two passers-by were injured. The helicopter crash occurred when the bullets fired in the Morro dos Macacos, North fourth Rio de Janeiro, broken formwork aircraft and the pilot hit in the leg while hovering above the village fighting.
Wounded the pilot lost control of the helicopter which is why there has been a fall. Two policemen were killed instantly while the pilot and three members of the police forces managed to escape from the helicopter after it crashed on the football field and caught fire.
The pilot and one of the officers suffered wounds from shots while the remaining two with burns from the fire.
Officials do not yet know whether the drug gang members intentionally shot the helicopter or aircraft to blame for the fall of stray bullets. This event was once again in the spotlight ever brought the issue of safety in the second largest Brazilian city.
Despite all the frequent riots, police forces, officials say the ability to Rio de Janeiro to take control above violence by the beginning of the Olympic Games, but until 2014. when the local Brazil’s World Cup.
Police announced that ten of the alleged drug gang members also were killed during a shootout in a poor fourth Morro dos Macacos (mountain monkey).
Also, the disorder is burned at least eight buses. Television footage showed bikers to flee to the shelter after the shooting automatic weapons in broad daylight. These are the worst unrest in recent months. Helicopter crashed about eight miles southwest of the areas in which the 2016th held the Olympic Games. Police believe that the calculation came after one of the drug gang tried to take the territory of a rival organization. Security forces in the area of unrest came in the early morning, but the shooting continued throughout the day. Despite the great efforts of the police, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil remains one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Violence managed to keep within the limits of poor fourth, although not rare, cases of disorder in the wealthier areas of town.