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ARMED CLASHES IN RIO DE JANEIRO

According to Rio de Janeiro’s Public Security Institute (ISP-RJ), the annual number of intentional murders that took place in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro has been decreasing. In 2018 there were 3.577 murders, and in 2022, until November, 1.902 were reported. From a public safety perspective, the statistics are positive, granting the region with a homicide rate of 16,7 per 100,000 inhabitants, a figure quite distant from the worst results for a capital, currently, Macapá, with 63,8 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. Despite this, Rio’s Metropolitan area still maintains high levels of violence against life, unacceptable for the United Nations (UN) standards – above 10 murders per 100/inhabitants is critical – and elevated even when compared to other metropolis within Brazil, like São Paulo, which reached a rate of 7,7 homicides.

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