This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Dozens of criminals armed with assault rifles invaded a city in southern Brazil overnight and took control of the streets as they launched an assault against a local bank branch.
Video from residents that was broadcast on the Globo television network showed hooded men dressed in black walking the streets of Criciuma, in the state of Santa Catarina, and locals being held hostage. Shots rang out across the city. There were roughly 30 criminals in about 10 cars, and they blocked access points to the city to prevent police reinforcements from responding swiftly, the network reported.
The takeover began around midnight and lasted roughly two hours. Images on Globo showed a bank vault with a square-shaped hole in it and a convoy of criminals’ vehicles as they made their escape. Bills were scattered across the ground in one area of the city.Mayor Clesio Salvaro took to Twitter while the terror was still unfolding to warn locals of the “robbery of great proportions, by very well-prepared thieves.
“As mayor of Criciuma, I ask that you stay home, don’t leave home, exercise all precaution,” Salvaro said in a video he posted just before 2 a.m. local time. “Tell your friends and families. Let the police do their job.”Our Morning Update and Evening Update newsletters are written by Globe editors, giving you a concise summary of the day’s most important headlines.
Source: Car News Wire (carnewswire.net)
Sooner or later it had to come to this somewhere, with potential to give ideas to other criminals all over the world. Gangs either large or united few, attack in force larger and more powerful than local police. Yup, and in your city gangs are still untouched. Can you handle this