[MesaGrande]

In the early hours of Friday, 13 bandits were killed and 2 were wounded during a gunfight with the police in Salvador, Brazil.

According to preliminary information, The Brazilian "SWAT" team got a call that several criminals have blown up an ATM-machine in Cabula.

On reaching the place they came upon an abandoned vehicle and check the car the police realized that about 30 men were hiding in a ditch near the vehicle. Some of the bandits wore uniforms of the Brazilian Army.

The police were greeted by gunfire and retaliated resulting in an intense firefight. During the action the police shot 15 men where 11 of them died on the spot and 2 died later on in the hospital, including a teenager.

Only a police sergeant was grazed in the head which was treated as well. The other bandits fled. Among the criminals, the police seized 16 weapons and large amount of drugs.
The bodies of the bandits were collected and sent to the Department of Technical Police (DPT) of Salvador. The case was registered at the 11th Precinct.

Police said they seized high-caliber guns and drugs after the shootout.

An investigation has been opened into the incident.

A police source said officers have been working together with the intelligence services to prevent attacks on ATMs in Bahia state.

Brazil s police have come in for criticism for using excessive force in their bid to control violent crime in the country s impoverished neighborhoods.

But Bahia public security secretary Mauricio Barbosa defended Friday s operation.

"The police must act with severity, they must be tough. They can t do it arbitrarily, of course, but they must act firmly," he said at a press conference originally called to present plans for Salvador s world-famous carnival, which opens next week.

Rights activist Rafael Custodio disputed that view, saying Brazilian police have a "war mentality."

"The police are applauded for bringing in bodies," Custodio, a lawyer at rights group Conecta.

He called for sweeping reforms to stop the police from "treating Brazilian citizens as potential enemies."

In 2013, Brazilian police killed an average of six people per day, according to the most recent data available from the Brazilian Forum on Public Security, a watchdog group.

Between 2009 and 2013, the police killed more than 11,000 people, the same number killed by police in the United States in the past 30 years.

Bahia, one of the poorest states in Brazil, has been hit hard by spiraling violence in recent years.

From 2000 to 2010, the homicide rate quadrupled to 41.1 per 100,000 inhabitants.

[sugargliderdude]

[Sharon]

Good job done

[kellyhound]

so 30 thugs carrying 16 guns only managed to graze the head of one cop.lol
stupid criminals, good riddance.

[Oswald2001]

All Trayvon Martins should be shot to death whenever the opportunity presents itself.

Good work, officers!




(Pssst. Finish off that last clown, will ya?)

[djrizzz]

good job policia

[spudigitti]

Well armed weren't they....

[Kelseecat65]

LMAO at the look on that last guys face!!!

[kellyhound]

Between 2009 and 2013, the police killed more than 11,000 people, the same number killed by police in the United States in the past 30 years.

Bahia, one of the poorest states in Brazil, has been hit hard by spiraling violence in recent years.

From 2000 to 2010, the homicide rate quadrupled to 41.1 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Think we need more HD space on DR.

[Spiffyfable]

Badges...? We don't need no Stinking Badges