Tag: stray bullets

Rio’s stray bullets give innocent nowhere to hide

by Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — While the fighting in Rio de Janeiro’s crime war is done by commando-style police and heavily armed drug traffickers, a growing number of the victims look quite different: innocent, joyful children like Maria Eduarda. Firefights erupt in densely packed, poor favela neighborhoods, leaving thousands of people with nowhere to hide each time the shooting, involving Kalashnikovs and other military grade rifles, begins. AFP has investigated the […]

DOH asks public to be vigilant

The Department of Health (DOH) is asking the public to be vigilant regarding stray bullets. The public should immediately inform the authorities whenever they saw someone using guns to celebrate the new year. The announcement came in the wake of a nine-year-old girl died after being hit by a stray bullet last December 23. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/3ns-VgEIqfA