IOC confident in Rio despite violence
ByEurope World News	 June 28, 2018 March 26, 2018
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A police helicopter flying over a clash between drug gangs was hit by gunfire and crashed Saturday, police said. Two officers were killed. (New York Times — 19 October, 2009)
Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro shot down a police helicopter and killed two officers in a burst of violence just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games. (MSNBC — 19 October, 2009)
Brazil's president promises to battle drug traffickers who launched a weekend of bloody chaos that killed 21 people in Rio de Janeiro just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games. (MSNBC — 20 October, 2009)
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