23.04.2014 - 00:47 [ ABCNews ]

Violence Erupts in Rio Slum Near Olympic Venues

A Rio de Janeiro slum erupted in violence late Tuesday following the killing of a popular local figure, with angry residents setting fires and showering homemade explosives and glass bottles onto a busy avenue in the city‘s main tourist zone.(..)
It was the latest violence to hit one of Rio‘s so-called „pacified“ slums — impoverished areas that for decades were controlled by drug gangs.