At least four men and a teenager They were killed Friday during a large -scale police operation against organized crime in Faveles in the northern sector Rio de Zaneirothe Brazilian authorities announced.

About 500 police officers with 12 armored vehiclessupported by two helicopters and dronesthey entered the Favels of the Complex Kerame and Penas in the context of a company for the fight against ‘Criminal activities, car thefts and goods’ In the area of ​​this metropolis in the southeastern part of Brazil, the gendarmerie announced.

Police said on its part that “He is conducting a search for four men during conflict.”

The exchanges of fire during the operation paralyzed every activity in the densely populated compartment of the complex of Aleme, reporters from the French Agency.

Residents covered one of the dead with a blanket. Others were trying to get injured to a doctor with a supermarket trolley.

A police officer was injured by a bullet and was taken to the police, with the gendarmerie stressing that he was in a “serious” situation.

During the business, which continued at night, the authorities identified and seized stolen cars; ‘A tone of drugs’ and arms. They also arrested “two suspects” and a man who had escaped from prison.

Police operations against organized crime are common in slums and slums in Rio, where police It is confronted with drug traffickers in businesses that endanger the population.

Human rights organizations, however, criticize the repressive approach, which characterize ineffective in dealing with criminal organizations.

Since the beginning of the current year, they have been killed eight people In episodes using firearms involving police in Rio de Zaneiro and his suburbs, according to the counting of the Brazilian non -governmental organization Fogo Cruzado.