Fifth police officer dies after Brazil’s deadliest anti-drug raid

Fifth police officer dies after Brazil’s deadliest anti-drug raid

The Straits Times - Sports·2025-11-23 09:00

SAO PAULO - Rio de Janeiro’s Civil Police confirmed on Saturday that another officer wounded in Brazil’s deadliest anti-drug operation has died, bringing the number of police fatalities to five, the highest ever recorded in a single raid in the country.

The operation, carried out on October 28 in the Penha and Alemao favela complexes in the city’s north, left 122 people dead overall.

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