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Northeast Brazil sees more fierce gang violence

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Marauding attacks by gang members in northeast Brazil continued for a third night despite a beefed up presence of security forces, authorities said on Thursday. Media reports carried images of public buses and buildings in flames in nine cities — including state capital Natal — in the northeastern Rio Grande do Norte state. The unrest, which began late Monday, was orchestrated by imprisoned gang leaders as a protest against jail […]