Violence in Rio ‘will not affect Olympics’
An hours-long firefight between rival gangs in one of the city’s slums killed a dozen people, injured six and saw a police helicopter shot down and eight buses set on fire on Saturday.
Two officers died and four were injured when bullets from the gang battle ripped into their helicopter hovering overhead, forcing it into a fiery crash landing on a soccer field. Gunfire on the ground killed 10 suspected gunmen and wounded two bystanders.
