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| Drug gunnies shoot down Santa Claus over Rio de Janeiro |
| 2007-12-19 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - 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 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. Jingle BANG Jingle BANG... Santa later returned to Nova Mare by |
| Posted by:OldSpook |
| #2 '..but it had a blinking red light on the front!?' 'That was Rudolph you idiot.' 'Is Ok boys, boss says only we can distribute bags of goodies around here.' |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2007-12-19 12:44 |
| #1 No presents under the tree for those bad boys. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-12-19 11:39 |