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Rio 2016: bullet fired into equestrian media centre was shot from favela
Source: Press Association
Rio 2016: bullet fired into equestrian media centre was shot from favela
Press Association
Monday 8 August 2016 16.20 BST
The bullet that flew through the media work room at Rio 2016’s equestrian venue on Saturday was fired at a police blimp from one of the Brazilian city’s notorious favelas.
Mario Andrada, the chief spokesman for Rio 2016’s organising committee, said the intended target was a security camera on the blimp and not the international equestrian media.
“According to the security forces the bullet came from a community far from here,” said Andrada. “They were aiming at the blimp which carries cameras. The same source, from the ministry of defence, says the first findings showed that the bullet arrived with low energy and low speed.”
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Press Association
Monday 8 August 2016 16.20 BST
The bullet that flew through the media work room at Rio 2016’s equestrian venue on Saturday was fired at a police blimp from one of the Brazilian city’s notorious favelas.
Mario Andrada, the chief spokesman for Rio 2016’s organising committee, said the intended target was a security camera on the blimp and not the international equestrian media.
“According to the security forces the bullet came from a community far from here,” said Andrada. “They were aiming at the blimp which carries cameras. The same source, from the ministry of defence, says the first findings showed that the bullet arrived with low energy and low speed.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/08/rio-2016-bullet-fired-equestrian-media-centre-shot-favela
