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At least eight bodies, some with signs of torture, have been found outside Rio de Janeiro after a police operation.

At least eight bodies, including some that appear to have been tortured, have been found in a mangrove swamp outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. including the police.

Police in Rio de Janeiro state say police are investigating the accident along with local legal experts. poor favela area in Salgueiro, about 35 miles (20 miles) northeast of the coastal city.

Residents, who declined to be named, told Brazilian reporters that they expected more bodies to come after the “fierce” gun battle in the region. root.

“All the corpses were thrown into the mangrove swamp. They had signs of persecution, people throwing one on top of the other. It has all the hallmarks of murder, “a witness told Brazilian Globo TV on Monday.

The train, one of Brazil’s most popular networks, showed pictures of unidentified cattle wrapped in white paper along wetlands.

Police say violence began in the area on Saturday when a security guard was killed in a stampede. Rio police in the Special Operations Battalion, or BOPE, launched the protest on Sunday.

Freedom groups he constantly denounces the army of indiscriminate killings and excessive violence in his activities against drug traffickers in favelas.

“BOPE performed an operation in Salgueiro on Sunday after receiving information that one of the perpetrators of the Saturday attack believed he was injured and was hiding in the area,” police said.

“The group was attacked near the mangrove swamp, sparking a fierce fighting.”

Rio police did not respond accusations against the community about police officers involved in the torture or manslaughter of several people.

“So far, eight bodies have been found,” police said in a statement.

Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck.

Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck.

The murder in Salgueiro was one of at least 58 people shooting events with three or more people this year in the state of Rio, Fogo Cruzado rights group said.

Of these, 43 were at the time of police, it said.

In May, a deadly threat against drug dealers in Jacarezinho’s favela left 28 people dead. Civil rights groups have criticized the police for conducting a “deadly coup” at the time.