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Police attacks leave 30 dead| Overnight gang attacks on Brazilian police left 30 people dead and 32 wounded | |
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Jail riots follow attacks Riots organised by the same criminal faction have broken out in 18 prisons in the state of Sao Paulo
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| May.14 |
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Gang attacks leave 52 dead A powerful criminal gang launched a wave of attacks against police stations and uprisings in jails across the state
| The attacks began on 6 p.m. Friday. By Sunday there were at least 73 separate attacks with machine guns and grenades continued to dawn, staged in 22 detention centers
The dead include 35 police and prison guards, 3 civilians, and 14 gang members.
State Public Safety Department blamed the Primeiro Comando da Capital, or the First Capital Command.
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State reels from deadly attacks State Governor has said the situation is under control and has rejected a federal offer of help
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| May.15 |
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State's prison revolts end| Revolts in 70 jails have come to an end, after 4 days of violence in which at least 81 people died | |
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| May.16 |
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Police backlash lifts toll The death toll from 4 days of gang attacks and a police backlash in the state has risen to 115
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| May.17 |
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156 killed in police vs. gang violence Police lost 41 comrades in gang attacks, and killed 22 more suspected criminals
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| May.22 |
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Formal probe for shooting by police Prosecutors have begun a formal probe into the 100 deaths in a wave of violence in the state
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| Jun.17 |
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Crowds celebrate Gay Pride More than a million people have taken to the streets to celebrate the city's tenth annual Gay Pride parade
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| Jun.26 |
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Police break up gang plot; 13 killed Police killed 13 gang members in shootouts after authorities foiled a plot to launch new attacks against officers
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| Jul.22 |
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 Red Baron heiress killed parents Suzane von Richtofen, a descendant of the German World War I flying ace, has been sentenced to 39 years
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| Oct.22 |
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  Alonso secures second world title| Fernando Alonso claimed the F1 championship for the 2nd successive year as Schumacher punctured in his final race | |
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| Dec.8 |
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 US pilots charged in Amazon jetliner crash| Brazilian federal police charged 2 New York pilots involved in a collision with exposing an aircraft to danger | |
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