At least 20 people, including a police officer, died on Thursday in a shootout during a police operation against drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro's Jacarezinho shanty town, O Globo newspaper reported on its website.
Two passengers on a metro train were also wounded in the shooting in the northern Rio neighborhood, the newspaper said.
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20 dead in Rio de Janeiro shootout
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At least 20 people, including a police officer, died on Thursday in a shootout during a police operation against drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro's Jacarezinho shanty town, O Globo newspaper reported on its website.
Two passengers on a metro train were also wounded in the shooting in the northern Rio neighborhood, the newspaper said.
This is a developing story
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