Bope conducts operation in Cidade de Deus; there was a shootout and roads were blocked
cbn27 August 2026 at 12:59
BOPE's Military Police conducted an emergency operation on Thursday in Cidade de Deus, in Jacarepaguá, in the Southwest Zone of Rio de Janeiro. During the action, two suspects were arrested and police seized a pistol, drugs, packaging material for narcotics, radio communicators, and cell phones. There was an armed confrontation, and criminals blocked two buses on Avenida Miguel Salazar Mendes de Morais between 2am and 3am, setting fire to garbage dumpsters to create barricades. The road was completely blocked, but has already been reopened.
Infraestruturas de Portugal announced that traffic on the Spanish road at the Monfortinho border, in Idanha-a-Nova, is prohibited for heavy vehicles for 15 days, between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM.
Sérgio Santos, commander of firefighters in Saudi Arabia with experience in rescue operations, warned of a very high risk of infection in areas affected by the flood in Nepal and Tibet. According to the specialist, the lack of adequate protection equipment among teams participating in the removal of victims significantly increases the health danger in flooded areas.
An avalanche of ice and rock on the border between Nepal and Tibet is believed to have caused a massive flood that has already killed hundreds of people in Nepal, leaving a trail of mud and destruction wherever the water passed, devastating several regions of the country.
The municipality of Soure awarded a contract of 575 thousand euros for the cleaning and regularization of the Arunca river, after a storm that affected the region. The intervention aims to clear the river bed and prevent future floods.
