Teams from the 14th Battalion (Bangu) carried out an operation against organized crime, this Friday (7), with the objective of dismantling actions of the criminal faction that operates in the community and the destruction of barricades. According to where there is shooting, shots were heard at Vila Kennedy at dawn.
According to the Military Police, so far there are no records of deaths, injured, arrests or seizures. The operation takes place a day after protests on Avenida Brasil for the death of a young man in Vila Kennedy. According to the Rio Operations Center, the demonstration brought together residents of the community, which banned the expressway in both directions under the screams of “justice.” The passage was only fully released at night.
Region lives wave of violence
In recent weeks, the West Zone lives with a wave of cases of violence in the region. Teenager Fábio Freitas Corrêa, 17, was killed in Bangu on Wednesday (5) after leaving home to buy a soda. He was a resident of Vila Kennedy.
Previously, in mid -January, João Vitor Mendes de Araújo, 20, was killed after being hit in the neck by shots made by individuals on a motorcycle, also in Vila Kennedy. Both cases are investigated by the Capital Homicide Police Station (DHC).
This content was originally published on after protest, police conduct operation at Vila Kennedy (RJ) on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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