Business - Six people, three of them policemen, were shot dead in a bank robbery in a small town in northeastern Brazil, on Friday (8 / 2) afternoon, according to television station Globo.Another victim of the action shooting similar to the cowboy movies were the two people who passed and one member of the robber.
Globo quoted local police as saying at least there are 10 players who robbed a bank in the city Aracoiaba, the state of Ceara.
The amount of money stolen was not disclosed, while police Aracoiaba not be reached for comment.
Violent crime occurs everywhere in Latin America's largest country. Nearly half a million Brazilian citizens were killed between 1996 and 2006, according to a study published last month. Most of the victims suffered gunshot wounds.
The number of murders in 2006 were 46,660 cases and that number is decreasing compared to a record in 2003 that reached 50,980 cases.
Most of the city's most bustling with violence in northern and northeastern Brazil. There, conflicts are usually settled by hired assassins. Many people in the region carrying illegal firearms.
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