Agents from the Rio de Janeiro Military Police Shock Battalion carried out, this Thursday morning (5), an operation in the Salgueiro Complex, in São Gonçalo, in the metropolitan region of the capital.
Police officers have been in the community since the early hours of today, with the aim of preventing criminal activity in the region, but so far there have been no arrests or seizures.
Residents of the complex have been suffering from violence since the beginning of this week. On Monday (2), there was an operation to remove barricades on the streets of the community.
Residents interviewed by CNN They report that they have been suffering from violence in the area for a month.
“For the past month, every day, every morning, at five in the morning, there has been shooting after shooting. The children don’t go out. The parents don’t go out. The businesses are closed. They only go out in the afternoon,” said community leader Jefferson Souza.
Marlon Ribeiro, a resident of Complexo do Salgueiro, has two children. One studies at a municipal school and the other at a daycare center, also in the municipality. According to him, the situation is very difficult. “The children are practically studying one day a week, when they can go. They are practically not having classes,” he said.
According to the Education Department of the City of São Gonçalo, approximately 2,000 students were affected and are out of classes for another day because of the violence.
The department reported that the municipal schools Pastor Haroldo Gomes, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Professor Niuma Goulart Brandão, João Aires Saldanha, Umei Professor Natalina Muniz de Oliveira, Belarmino Ricardo Siqueira, Salgado Filho and Marinheiro Marcílio Dias will not open this Thursday. In addition to these, the municipal school Paulo Reglus Neves Freire, in the Portão do Rosa neighborhood, will also not operate.
In addition to school units, the Municipal Health Department said that the following posts will not operate this Thursday: family health units Carlos Chagas, Palmeiras, Albert Sabin, CSU Salgueiro, Leôncio Corrêa, David Capistrano, Porto do Rosa, Tancredo Neves, Itaúna I and Neuza Goulart Brizola.
This content was originally published in PM operation causes closure of schools and health centers in Salgueiro (RJ) on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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