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SÃO PAULO SECURITY INCIDENTS – 3RD BULLETIN OF FEBRUARY

São Paulo street Carnival had to deal with a series of adversities this year. Even after the city hall claimed to have improved the structure for the party, there were cases of overcrowding, fights, and thefts. At least two parades were closed early for security reasons. Bloco da Lexa gathered a crowd in the west zone of São Paulo, but the revelry was interrupted twice, after the singer saw fights between the public. Singer Jottapê, one of the guests, had his wallet stolen during pushing and shoving to join the trio. Singer Gloria Groove’s also had security issues. In the Pinheiros region (west zone), the parade was interrupted a few times until it was definitively closed before the scheduled time due to overcrowding. Both the City Hall and the Military Police pointed out the measure as necessary to avoid accidents. According to the organizers, the expectation was to receive 50 thousand people, but the event brought together more than 500 thousand. On Sunday (19/02), the Pabllo Vittar parade, which took place in the Ibirapuera region (south zone), also suffered from overcrowding, and ended up being closed about an hour ahead of schedule. The crowd provoked several moments of pushing and shoving. As the parade moved, security and firefighters pushed people against the cordon. The situation got worse when the parade passed by street vendors and the competition for space worsened. During this period, Civil Police operations managed to recover more than 400 robbed or stolen cell phones.

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