At least 46 deaths were recorded in clashes with the Military Police of Bahia — 45 of them of those allegedly involved in crimes and one of a federal police officer — in September alone. The vast majority of deaths occurred in operations in the peripheral neighborhoods of Salvador.
Data compiled by the Brazilian Public Security Forum show that deaths resulting from intervention by State agents have more than quadrupled since 2015.
That year, the rate of occurrences of this type was 2.3 for every 100 thousand inhabitants. Last year, it reached 10.4.
In the early hours of this Saturday (23), five men were shot dead in the municipality of Crisópolis, around 200 kilometers from Salvador, Bahia, during a police operation.
According to the PM, they were shot in a confrontation with security forces. The day before, another six people had been killed in the capital and in Feira de Santana, in a mega operation against criminal factions.
In this morning’s action, the PM reported that it was trying to curb the sale of drugs by armed men on Maria Eunice Street.
According to the Military Police, there was an exchange of gunfire with “suspects”. Everyone would have been rescued, but they did not survive their injuries.
The corporation reported that a submachine gun, a shotgun, three revolvers, ammunition and precision scales, as well as cocaine and marijuana, were seized during the operation.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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