On the morning of May 6, Rio de Janeiro police conducted a special operation in the favela of Jacaresinho against a drug trafficking gang, according to the news portal G1.

The special operation provoked a shootout, as a result of which 25 people were killed: one police officer and 24 suspects.

Two metro passengers, who were traveling in a train car near the Triazhen station, also received gunshot wounds..

In different parts of the favela, as noted by G1, during the police operation, the sounds of machine gun fire were heard, as well as explosions. A helicopter flew over the area. Residents of Jacaresinho could not leave their homes, for example, a bride who was going to a wedding faced this, the newspaper writes..