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From grief was anger. In Rio de Janeiro, it is da Silva Pereira came to the funeral of dancer Douglas Rafael violent protests in Copacabana. Police fired tear gas and stun grenades into the crowd.

Only 49 days until the World Cup, all eyes will be on Brazil, the land of gods football, the love of life. About Covers is the anticipation of the big spectacle of the violent protests that spill across the country.

In Rio de Janeiro there was another heavy clashes triggered by the violent death of the dancer Douglas Rafael da Silva Pereira, whose body was discovered in the early hours of Tuesday in the favela Pavão-Pavãozinho. He died after a police operation against drug traffickers, the security forces allegedly kept him even for a band member.

The mother of the dead rose at her son’s funeral on Thursday serious allegations he had been killed, tortured, after he had been shot. Responsible is the police. The troubled father said his son was not a criminal, he worked hard. They had killed Douglas, “like a dog”.

The corpse da Silva was issued in an open coffin, a delicate veil over his face. Dozens of family members, friends, neighbors, celebrities mourned the loss. Camera crews filmed the funeral. Then there were the riots.

Tension rises in Rio slum after death of dancer
Tension rises in Rio slum after death of dancer

” Murderer , murderer ” so rang the cries of protesters through the streets of the metropolis . They threw stones , bottles, dustbins . The Brazilian security forces responded with stun grenades , tear and nitrous oxide , drove apart the crowd. Show amateur videos as police fire grenades into the crowd.

The residents of the favela , located on a hill between the wealthy neighborhoods of Ipanema and Copacabana, assume that the police are responsible for the death of the young man . The body of 26 -year-old was covered with wounds , a bullet had exited his back on and under the arm again, and had destroyed his lungs. The ball has not been found.

The police had initially stated that da Silva had died of the consequences of a fall from a ten meter high wall. Now the investigators say , the young dancers had died from the effects of the shot. The coroner , who had examined the body still at the scene , had the bullet hole not initially detected. It is unclear who fired the shot. The weapons of the policemen involved in the operation are confiscated and examined .

Death Of Dancer Rio:The Fifa believes in the “largest party in the world”

Funeral Held For Rio Resident Killed In Favela Violence
Funeral Held For Rio Resident Killed In Favela Violence

Football’s world governing body Fifa believes despite the protests still the “biggest party in the world.” The riots were not nice, “but we continue to believe strongly in the country, the cities, the government and its security concept,” the marketing director Thierry Weil said in Rio.

Fifa General Secretary Jerome Valcke said: “It is tragic, but it can be no question that the World Cup is in danger.” He got inquiries whether competition exists a civil war in Brazil – “and I said: No!”

Meanwhile, warns the Foreign Office in Berlin: Travelers should keep currently in Rio de Janeiro of protests and follow the instructions of the police.
Pavão – Pavãozinho belongs to the so-called pacified favelas. 2008, the authorities have an ambitious security program launched to oust the drug ring from the slums .

Special units , so-called pacification police are permanently employed in many favela. The tactic was successful , however, are increasing more recently the allegations against the police. In at least one case, security forces have tortured a resident to death. Residents of the favelas also complain that the promised improvement of social service delivery in districts ausbleibe .

Since November it has come in Pavão – Pavãozinho multiple shootings . On July 13, 2014 will be held the final of the football World Cup in the metropolis. And at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, the swimming competitions are to be held only a few hundred meters away.

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