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Belem shooting: 11 killed in 'massacre' at bar in north Brazil

Several customers escape injury by hiding in back of building

Peter Stubley
Monday 20 May 2019 00:30 BST
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The Guamá neighborhood of Belém, where the shooting took place
The Guamá neighborhood of Belém, where the shooting took place (Google Maps)

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Eleven people have been shot dead in a “massacre” in northern Brazil, according to officials.

Police said at least seven masked gunmen fired into a bar in the Guamá neighborhood of Belém on Sunday afternoon.

Five women and six men, including the owner, were fatally wounded, local media reported.

Another man was injured in the attack.

Several customers escaped injury by hiding in the back, it is claimed.

The bar, known as Wanda’s, was a well-known drug-dealing hangout, police told the Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo.

It came a day after five people were shot in the street by suspected gang members near the city of Salvador in the east of the country.

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