Brazil: Buses Set Ablaze to Protest Deaths of Neighbors

  • 9 years ago
Two buses have been set on fire in the center of Rio Janeiro near the entrance to the Sao Carlos favela, or shantytown. Neighbors took the action after the bodies of two motorcycle taxi drivers were found stabbed to death. At least 12 people have been killed in the area during the last week in what is believed to be a turf war between drug gangs. Five other buses have also been burnt. teleSUR