{"id":10789,"date":"2016-08-11T08:28:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T08:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=10789"},"modified":"2016-08-11T08:28:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T08:28:02","slug":"police-patrols-beefed-up-at-rio-games-as-security-concerns-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/rio-olympics\/police-patrols-beefed-up-at-rio-games-as-security-concerns-mount.html","title":{"rendered":"Police patrols beefed up at Rio Games as security concerns mount"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police patrols beefed up at Rio Games as security concerns mount<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Police patrols beefed up at Rio Games as security concerns mount:<\/strong> Rio Olympics organizers stepped up police patrols on Wednesday as security concerns mounted over the threat posed by street violence, with a Games bus being hit by stones and a security patrol coming under fire near Rio’s international airport.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In the latest incident, gunmen fired on a military police car which strayed into the entrance of a slum near the airport, off a highway used by visitors traveling between there and the Olympic Park, security sources and the country’s justice minister said. <\/span>Three members of the patrol were wounded, including one who is in a critical condition and receiving a blood transfusion in hospital.<\/span>
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Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes<\/strong> called the attack “unfortunate and cowardly.” He said two suspects had been identified and police would move swiftly to arrest them.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the past week, three Swedish tourists were briefly abducted when they visited a slum, Portugal’s visiting education minister<\/strong> was robbed at knifepoint, bullets flew into the equestrian center and a Games bus was attacked with stones.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday night, the bus was ferrying journalists from a basketball venue to the Olympics media center when projectiles shattered two windows. Some passengers said they heard gunshots but a police investigation concluded that they were stones.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two people suffered minor lacerations in the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police said they were investigating a second bullet discovered at the equestrian center. A security source said the shell was found near the stables. <\/span><\/p>\n

Source :<\/strong> http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-olympics-rio-idUSKCN10L2CE<\/span><\/p>\n

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