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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)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 23, 2014 | World
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...