5 killed in Rio shootout

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and three others injured on Monday in an intense shootout between police and suspected drug traffickers here in the Mare favela, according to police sources.

The dead and injured were suspected drug traffickers, police said.

The pre-dawn gunfight took place after Rio police intelligence services were informed that a group of drug traffi