At least 132 people were killed in Brazil during a deadly gang raid by Rio de Janeiro police on Tuesday (October 28), the Associated Press reports.

The raid, which was conducted by an estimated 2,500 police officers and soldiers, targeted the Red Command gang in the Complexo de Alemao and Complexo da Penha favelas, with gunfire drawn and other retaliation from the gang members resulting in mass chaos throughout the city. Four policemen were among the reported casualties.

Brazil's state government claimed the people killed were criminals who resisted police, however, the death toll, which was the highest ever in a Rio police operation, led to backlash from human rights groups, the United Nations and other authorities.

Conservative Rio state gov. Claudio Castro called the operat

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