# At least 64 people, including four police officers, were killed in Rio de Janeiro’s deadliest police operation targeting the Red Command gang in Brazil. Up to two-thousand-500 heavily armed officers took part in Operation Containment, which resulted in over 80 people being arrested. Rio de Janeiro State Governor Cláudio Castro says police confiscated a large quantity of drugs and dozens of firearms during the raid. The United Nations Human Rights Office expressed horror at the police operation, urging prompt and effective investigations.
Over 60 killed in the largest and deadliest police raid in Rio de Janeiro’s history