Families Seek Answers After Deadly Police Raids in Rio
Families gathered at a morgue in Rio de Janeiro to identify relatives killed in Brazil's deadliest police raids.
At least 121 people, including four police officers, died in the raids targeting the Comando Vermelho gang.
- The gang controls the drug trade in several favelas, poor and densely populated neighborhoods.
- Locals retrieved many corpses from a forested area near the Penha favela on Tuesday night.
- Over 100 bodies awaited autopsies or identification at a local morgue on Thursday morning.
Authorities reported the deadliest police raids in Brazil's history.
Funerals for the four police officers who died during the operation have begun.
Author's summary: Deadly police raids in Rio leave 121 dead.
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