Santa shot at by drug trafficers

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Not even Santa Claus is safe as the violent Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro celebrates the Christmas season.
Drug traffickers in a Rio slum opened fire on a helicopter carrying a Santa to a children's party, apparently mistaking it for a police helicopter, police said on Tuesday.

"They thought it was a police operation and started shooting. Luckily, nobody was hurt," a police official said.

The helicopter had to return to its base after the attack.

Two bullet holes were found in its fuselage.

Police said the pilot, contracted to take an actor dressed as Santa to the party in the Nova Mare slum, was flying over the neighboring Vila Joao shantytown when it was fired upon on Sunday.

Santa later returned to Nova Mare by car to distribute Christmas presents.

Most of Rio's 700-plus slums are controlled by drug traffickers and are not regularly patrolled by police, who instead go into the slums in military-style raids, often using helicopters and armored vehicles.

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[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

Lol

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

gues those boys are getting a lump of coal in their stocking this year

 

[skeptikal Premium Member]

and people think we have it bad here...

 

[skeptikal Premium Member]

Only poor people think that.

lol good call. I know I don't got it bad.

 

[85Caprice4d 10+ year member]

Why didn't he take his sleigh?

no shit - guess he was goin in cognito?

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

"HO HO HO.....Merry Chr.......SHOTS FIRED SHOTS FIRED.....We're going down!!"

 

[cpierce 5,000+ posts]

"HO HO HO.....Merry Chr.......SHOTS FIRED SHOTS FIRED.....We're going down!!"

lol...followed by a gang of brazilians screaming in portuguese "GET TO DA CHOPPA!"

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

lol...followed by a gang of brazilians screaming in portuguese "GET TO DA CHOPPA!"

GET TO DA CHOPPA!