00:00The death toll from a massive police raid on a notorious drug gang in Rio de Janeiro has soared to 119, including four police officers.
00:11Authorities say 2,500 police and soldiers took part in Tuesday's operation, which erupted into fierce gun battles across two poor neighborhoods.
00:21Residents have been left stunned by the scale of violence.
00:24It's cowardly. It's carnage. You only see this in the war in Iraq or the Gaza Strip.
00:32Looks like big tragedies, like tsunamis and earthquakes, with bodies all over each other.
00:38There's one body in one place and the head in another. How do you explain that?
00:44UN Human Rights says Brazil's deadly police raids raise serious concerns about how such operations are carried out.
00:51We fully understand the challenges of having to deal with violent and well-organized criminal groups such as Comando Vermelho.
01:01However, the long list of operations resulting in many deaths, which disproportionately affect people of African descent,
01:09raises questions about the way such raids are conducted.
01:12Brazil must break the cycle of extreme brutality and ensure that law enforcement operations comply with international standards regarding the use of force.
01:23Schools and a local university have had to shut down, while roads blocked by buses have turned into barricades.
01:30Rio state government claims those killed in the raid had resisted police.
01:34tunnel've ended up on the safest.
01:35So we can't wait here, and do some action olla
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