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A resident reacts as he is detained by police during a protest against the death of a man in the Pavao-Pavaozinho slum, in the Copacabana neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, on April 22, 2014. (Reuters/Lucas Landau)


Violence erupts in Rio slum near Olympic venues

Violence erupts in Rio slum near Olympic venues

Rio De Janeiro, AP—A Rio de Janeiro slum erupted in violence late on Tuesday following the killing of a popular local figure, with angry residents setting fires and showering homemade explosives and glass bottles onto a busy avenue in the city’s main tourist...