Rio residents 'terrified' after police raid kills 64 ahead of COP30
Wednesday, October 29th 2025, 6:56:39 am
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<body><p>STORY: :: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</p><p>:: October 28, 2025</p><p>:: Rio de Janeiro residents are 'terrified' after deadliest police raid ever in the city kills 64 people</p><p>“It's tense, it's very tense. I've never been through this before. I'm from Carioca, born and raised here in Rio, I live here in Rocinha and it's chaos. So I've never seen anything like this before. It's terrifying.”</p><p>"A national public safety program is needed, as already proposed by the federal government and the states. Governors and states need to comply with this request from the federal government”.</p><p>“Besides fear, obviously, the problem is that we feel that we’ve gotten used to this, you know? That's the problem. We got used to something that isn't right.”</p><p>Local residents reported having difficulty finding transport and store owners are closing earlier. Police often carry out large-scale operations against organized crime ahead of major events in Rio, which hosted the 2014 World Cup, the 2016 Olympics, the 2024 G20 summit, and this year's BRICS summit.</p><p>The death toll confirmed Tuesday by Rio Governor Claudio Castro, including four police officers, was more than double the previous deadliest police operation in Rio.</p></body>
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