Bus assaults around the bus station Rodoviária Novo Rio increased by more than 150% in one year. Indeed, according to the Instituto de Segurança Pública (ISP), the total number of bus assaults in the area passed from 17 cases in January 2023 to 43 in January 2024. The situation in the neighborhood of the INTO (Instituto Nacional de Traumatologia e Ortopedia) and the new terminal “Gentileza” is considered worrying.
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15/03/2024 – A 31yo man was shot dead in Santa Cruz, West RJ. According to the very first elements of the investigation, the man would have suffered a robbery homicide.
15/03/2024 – Two police officers on motorcycles were run over by a 4-car convoy of State Congressmen in Vigário Geral, North RJ. Indeed, according to the Corporation, the convoy was circulating on the BRT reserved track, ran over the 2 bikers from the “BRT Seguro” force, and ran away without assisting. Other officers, colleagues of the victims, could stop the convoy further on the track. The 2 victims were rescued, and their days are not in peril. Yet, the congressmen will have to explain why they were circulating on a reserved track, as they are not authorized to do so.
16/03/2024 – Two men were kidnapped and tortured in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, West RJ. According to the police, a patrol went to control 2 men who ran away. After a pursuit, the cops did not find them but encountered instead 2 other men bound and blindfolded. They were in a state of panic when rescued and told the officers they were going to buy drugs when the bandits found in one´s cell phone some pictures showing them signing a rival gang´s symbol. The bandits told them they would be executed.
16/03/2024 – A pursuit in South RJ ended in 2 deaths and 3 wounded, including the police officers. The action occurred in the region of Catete, way to Botafogo. A patrol tried to control a motorcycle with 2 teenagers when the latter did not obey the police order to stop. A few moments later, the motorcycle hit the sidewalk and the police vehicle hit an electric post. One of the teens died on the spot and the other died at the hospital. According to the Corporation, there will be an investigation to determine the circumstances of the occurrence.
16/03/2024 – A woman was caught with 30kgs of cannabis in the bus station Rodoviária Novo Rio, in Santo Cristo, central area of RJ. Indeed, according to the Corporation, a patrol of the Tourist Battalion was a woman with a nervous attitude as the cops were approaching her. As she was being controlled, the officers found 30kgs of cannabis in her luggage. She was immediately placed in custody.
19/03/2024 – A Military Police Sergeant was shot during a shootout in Morro dos Macacos in Vila Isabel, North RJ. His squad had to intervene in a fierce shootout between 2 rival gangs. As the officers arrived in the middle of the fight, the Sergeant received a bullet. His comrades immediately evacuated him to the hospital. His days are not in peril.
20/03/2024 – A man was kidnapped during a car trade scam in Humaitá, South RJ. The victim was negotiating a car trade when he was kidnapped by the supposed seller and 3 accomplices, and forced to transfer R$ 40k. The victim succeeded in escaping by provoking an accident with another car. In the meanwhile, the police had been called by witnesses and caught one of the suspects.
21/03/2024 – A woman died during a dragnet assault in Inhaúma, North RJ. According to the first elements, the victim was in her car and tried to escape from a heist, when one of the bandits shot at her. An off-duty police officer replied and made the criminals run away. Yet, the woman was evacuated to the ER, but she did not make it.
