"Brazil's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has said his government will seek an independent investigation into what he called a disastrous police massacre that left at least 121 people dead. Four officers and at least 117 others were killed when police launched a major assault on two of Rio's largest clusters of favelas, the Complexo do Alemao and the Complexo da Penha, early last Tuesday to execute 100 arrest warrants."
"The police raid the deadliest in Brazilian history made international headlines when scores of mutilated bodies were dumped at the entrance to one of the working-class areas where the operation took place. The dead included a 14-year-old and a 19-year-old who was decapitated and had his head exhibited on a tree. One police victim had his leg amputated after being shot."
"There was a massacre, and I think it's important to verify the conditions under which it occurred, Lula told foreign journalists after arriving in Belem for the start of the Cop30 climate summit. The judge's order [authorizing the operation] was for arrest warrants to be executed, not a massacre. And there was a massacre, Lula said in Belem, which despite being nearly 2,500km north of Rio, has also become a major Red Command hub as the faction has pushed deeper into the Amazon."
Police launched a major assault on the Complexo do Alemao and Complexo da Penha to execute 100 arrest warrants, resulting in at least 121 deaths including four officers. The raid, the deadliest in Brazilian history, involved mutilated bodies dumped at a neighborhood entrance; victims included a 14-year-old and a 19-year-old who was decapitated and displayed on a tree. One police victim had a leg amputated after being shot. The operation received public support and political praise as a blow to the Red Command. An independent inquiry with federal police forensic involvement will be pursued.
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