An operation integrated by the military and civil police carried out this morning (21), in the Conjunto de Favelas do Alemão, in the north of Rio, caused the death of a military police officer and two suspects. The action aims to combat theft of vehicle cargo, mainly in the neighborhoods of Grande Méier, Irajá and Pavuna, in the north zone. There is also information that another agent was injured. About 400 police officers and teams from the Military Police’s Special Police Operations Battalion (BOPE) and the Civil Police’s Special Resources Coordination (Core) participate in the act, using four helicopters and 10 armored vehicles.
“There is a dead military policeman, there are two dead criminals and two rifles seized in Alemão,” he told the newspaper. Brazil Agency the spokesman of the Military Police, Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Blaz.
The colonel also revealed that the base of the Pacifying Police Unit (UPP), in the community of Fazendinha, in Alemão, was attacked by criminals, who also spilled oil on public roads and set fire to objects. On social media, residents of the region post videos and report intense shooting. “We still have a very intense confrontation in the region”, they inform.
The spokesman said that the operation is an emergency action based on intelligence data to prevent criminals from acting in different parts of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
“These criminals carried out robberies from commercial establishments, banks in different regions, as recently happened in Quatis, in the south of Rio de Janeiro, in Morro da Conceição in Niterói and also in Baixada Fluminense. They have diversified their actions to support expansionist policy and give shelter to marginals from other states here in Rio de Janeiro”, he said.
The operation also extends to the Juramento and Juramentinho, Flexal and Morro do Trem communities with military police officers from the 3rd BPM (Méier), the 41st BPM (Irajá) and other battalions of the 2nd Area Police Command, which includes the north and west zones. from the capital.
