Dozens of bandits seize Brazilian city, loot bank

Dozens of criminals armed with assault rifles invaded a city in southern Brazil overnight and took control of the streets as they assaulted a local bank.

Video from residents that was broadcast on the Globo television network showed hooded men dressed in black walking the streets of Criciúma in the state of Santa Catarina, and locals being held hostage. Shots rang out across the city of some 220,000 people.

There were at least 30 criminals in 10 cars, Anselmo Cruz, the head of the state police's robbery and kidnapping department, told television network Globo News. They blocked access points to the city to prevent police reinforcements from responding swiftly.

The gunmen traded fire with officers in the city center and at a police station, Santa Catarina’s military police said on their official Twitter account.

Two people were wounded in the firefight: a security guard and a police officer, who was shot in the abdomen and remained hospitalized in serious condition Tuesday.

The takeover began around midnight and lasted roughly two hours. Images on Globo showed a bank vault with a square-shaped hole in it and a convoy of criminals’ vehicles as they made their escape. Bills were scattered across the ground in one area of the city.

Source: https://www.foxnews.com/world/brazilian-city-seized-by-armed-bandits-bank-looted

Source: https://apnews.com/article/criciuma-brazil-bandits-loot-bank-seize-246b9fe7602fe4906b8ca930a7ad46a4

Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/gang-of-gunmen-sow-mayhem-in-brazil-bank-robbery-11606839521

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