US defense chief hears shots during visit to Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis got some alarmingly direct insight into Rio de Janeiro's violent crime wave when gunfire burst out close to his hotel during an official visit to the Brazilian city.
Mattis, at the start of a South American tour, said Tuesday the sound of shots overnight had been upsetting.
"You remember every time you hear one of those shots somebody's life could be changing," he told reporters aboard his airplane. "So I didn't make light of it. I was sad to hear it frankly."
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Says in the last paragraph how we have similar problems in some cities and community policing is needed.
