Rio Olympic organizers said in a preliminary analysis that stones not bullets hit a bus carrying journalists, but at least one witness is refuting that, saying it was gunfire. Military police in Rio ...

People wait at a blocked access of the bridge connecting the city of Niteroi to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 during a hostage standoff. An armed man holding dozens of people hostage ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 12 (Reuters) - Police in Brazil arrested a man on Tuesday after he hijacked a bus and shot two people at a bus station in Rio de Janeiro before holding 17 people hostage for ...

Itaguaí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Itaguaí is located 75 km west of the city of Rio de Janeiro on the road to Santo. In April, a similar incident killed seven ...