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Two activists involved in land dispute killed in Brazil: police
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS DECEMBER 9, 2018 / 10:20 AM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Two activists involved in land dispute killed in Brazil: police
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Two men who were members of Brazil’s landless activist group MST were killed late on Saturday in a rural area in the northeast state of Paraíba, according to MST and local police.
The killings happened on a farm where activists of the left-wing MST group put up a camp last year. MST said in a statement that heavily armed men entered the camp late on Saturday and shot the two men dead.
Police at the Alhandra municipality confirmed the deaths, but said it still lack details of what it called homicides. It said two police deputies from the state’s capital João Pessoa were sent by the government to help investigate the shooting and were at the farm on Sunday talking to witnesses.
No suspects had been identified or arrested, the police said, and the bodies of the activists were still at the farm. They would be transferred to the city later for the autopsies.
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Two activists involved in land dispute killed in Brazil: police
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Two men who were members of Brazil’s landless activist group MST were killed late on Saturday in a rural area in the northeast state of Paraíba, according to MST and local police.
The killings happened on a farm where activists of the left-wing MST group put up a camp last year. MST said in a statement that heavily armed men entered the camp late on Saturday and shot the two men dead.
Police at the Alhandra municipality confirmed the deaths, but said it still lack details of what it called homicides. It said two police deputies from the state’s capital João Pessoa were sent by the government to help investigate the shooting and were at the farm on Sunday talking to witnesses.
No suspects had been identified or arrested, the police said, and the bodies of the activists were still at the farm. They would be transferred to the city later for the autopsies.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-crime/two-activists-involved-in-land-dispute-killed-in-brazil-police-idUSKBN1O80IU
