Brazil has extremely strict gun control laws. Jair Bolsonaro, the President elect, has vowed to reform them to allow law abiding citizens to defend themselves. Brazil has one of the highest murder rates in the world. Over half of all murders in the world occur in Brazil.
At least 14 people, including two children, were killed on Friday when a shootout broke out between police and bank robbers attempting to blow up ATMs, according to authorities in north-eastern Brazil.
Six hostages, among them two children, died in the shooting, local media reported, when police opened fire on the robbers at bank branches on the main street in Milagres in the interior of Ceará state.
“Six of the bandits died. We are working to identify the victims,” Kelia Jacome, the spokeswoman for the governor, said by telephone.
She said the attempted night-time robbery was interrupted by a police unit that had been tracking a gang responsible for similar bank robberies in the area, in which explosives were used to blow apart automatic teller machines.
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