23 Brazil police killed in wave of gang attacks

A wave of attacks on police by a notorious gang has killed at least 30 people - including 23 officers – in the bloodiest assault of its kind in the history of Brazil’s largest state, authorities said.

Related uprisings at 18 prisons across Sao Paulo state continued late yesterday, the night after scores of armed assaults on police stations, patrol cars and bars frequented by off-duty officers.