Drug traffickers throw grenades and blow up a police armored car in Rio de Janeiro.

Drug traffickers used live grenades, rifles and machine guns to attack and destroy a military police armored car in the favela of Bato Mush, in the western zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A violent clash took place in the Praça Seca area, and only on this Wednesday morning and with a large presence of the police, was it possible to remove the armored personnel carrier from the scene.

The actions appear to have been premeditated as the perpetrators first attacked the forward police base with live weapons, but contrary to what they usually do in situations like this, they did not flee the scene until reinforcements requested by the stranded agents arrived. in place. mail. On the contrary, they waited for the arrival of an armored personnel carrier, popularly known as “Kaveyran”, which went to the aid of the police in trouble, surrounded and attacked the vehicle.

While some criminals fired non-stop at the armored vehicle, preventing the agents from leaving the vehicle, other bandits detonated grenades and Molotov cocktails under the Caveirao, the most fragile part of this type of military vehicle. The subsequent explosions badly damaged the armored car and reached the fuel supply pipe, causing the car to catch fire.

It was only when the armored vehicle was enveloped in flames and smoke that the traffickers left the scene, allowing the firemen to approach and the soldiers inside the Caveyran to leave, nearly dying from suffocation from the smoke inside the vehicle and from the very hot air. temperature inside. According to the military police of Rio de Janeiro, this action, a real war of criminals, was revenge for the death on Sunday in a clash with agents of David Odilon, DVD Bateau Mouche, who was considered the head of drug trafficking in this favela.