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"One person is dead after protesters clashed with police in a violent riot on Tuesday night near Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. \nTensions in the Pavao-Pavaozinho favela have been escalating since last weekend when Douglas Rafael da Silva Pereira, a popular male dancer, died during a fight with the Army. Authorities reportedly mistook him for a drug dealer. Though Rio de Janeiro's State Security Secretariat said Pereira, 25, died from a fall, neighborhood residents blame police for the his death, which is still officially under investigation.\n\n#Seguran\u00E7aRJ De acordo com a 13 DP (Ipanema), as circunst\u00E2ncias da morte de Douglas Rafael da Silva Pereira est\u00E3o sendo investigadas (+)\n\u2014 Seguran\u00E7a RJ (@SegurancaRJ) April 22, 2014\n\nBut the unrest hit a breaking point on Tuesday when residents took to the streets to battle police. The scene quickly unraveled into a long night of violence that included gunfire exchange, a shower of homemade explosives and glass bottles. Protesters also blocked streets and set fires in Rio de Janeiro\u2019s main tourist zone. \nNo information has been disclosed about the one person who died in the protests on Tuesday night.\nThe Brazilian government has ramped up security throughout Rio de Janeiro ahead of the World Cup, which begins June 12. Earlier this month, more than 2,000 soldiers and marines from the Brazilian Army moved into the shantytown in the industrial north zone of the city, where they will remain through the end of July.\n\n\nRiots in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Brazilian Police Special Force member takes position during a violent protest in Copacabana on April 22, 2014. People took to the streets and burned tires during a protest following the death of a young dancer last weekend in a nearby favela, during clashes with the Army.\n\nImage: CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA local stands next to a fire during a violent protest in Copacabana.\n\nImage: CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrazilian Police Special Force members take position during a violent protest in Copacabana.\n\nImage: CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Brazilian Police Special Force member stares at a local during a violent protest in a favela next to Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro on April 22, 2014. \n\nImage: CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Brazilian Police Special Forces member takes position during a violent protest in a favela near Copacabana.\n\nImage: CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Brazilian Police Special Forces member aims his gun as a man walks past with his arms up during Tuesday night's protest. \n\nImage: CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrazilian police patrol following shootings in the pacified Pavao-Pavaozinho community, just blocks from Copacabana Beach.\n\nImage: Mario Tama/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nResidents walk among burning barricades during clashes at the Pavao Pavaozinho slum in Rio de Janeiro.\n\nImage: Felipe Dana/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFirefighters put out a burning barricade during clashes. Intense exchanges of gunfire, numerous blazes set alit and a shower of homemade explosives and glass bottles onto a busy avenue in Rio de Janeiro\u0092s main tourist zone erupted Tuesday night.\n\nImage: Felipe Dana/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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