Brazil Massacre: Armed Group Kills 11 in a Bar in Northern Brazil

An armed group entered a bar in the Brazilian northern city of Belem on May 19, and fired at patrons, killing 11 people and leaving one wounded.
Brazil Massacre: Armed Group Kills 11 in a Bar in Northern Brazil
A riot police officer bearing a white flower on his bulletproof vest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Dec. 12, 2018. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images
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SAO PAULO—An armed group entered a bar in the Brazilian northern city of Belem on Sunday, May 19, and fired at patrons, killing 11 people and leaving one wounded, according to local media reports.

The armed group, whose members were wearing masks to cover their faces, arrived in cars and a motorbike before shooting dead six women and five men in the bar in a poor, violent neighborhood in the capital of Para state, said G1 news website.