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Looters take advantage of Brazilian police strike in World Cup host city
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/16/looters-take-advantage-of-brazilian-police-strike-in-world-cup-host-city/
Looters take advantage of Brazilian police strike in World Cup host city
By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 16:13 EDT
Looting broke out in Salvador de Bahia, one of the host cities for this year’s World Cup in Brazil, as police went on strike for a second day Wednesday.
Radio reported that a supermarket and bank were pillaged overnight in the absence of local police, who walked out late Tuesday in Brazil’s third-largest city, located in the country’s northeast.
Federal police have been drafted in to provide security and more are on the way.
“Two hundred federal police officers already have arrived,” said Isaac Jorge, a Salvador city spokesman. “All told, the force could total some 5,000.”
