Violence in Rio de Janeiro. Report from Brazil by Beatriz Miranda.
On 20 September 2019, eight-year-old Ágatha Félix died after being shot in the back in her local neighbourhood, in Rio de Janeiro. Four days later, 11-year-old Victória Ferreira was shot in the leg on her way home from school.
Episodes like these are not exceptional. Rio residents know that other innocents will die the same way as Ágatha Félix.
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