200 tourists trapped on Rio de Janeiro mountain after shootout between cops, gangbangers

Fuente: New York Post

A shootout between cops and gangsters in Brazil left around 200 tourists trapped on a popular mountaintop in Rio de Janeiro on Monday, local media reported. The terrified travelers had been trying to watch the sunrise from Morro Dois Irmãos, overlooking Ipanema Beach, when they heard a barrage of gunfire from the slum beneath the mountain, witnesses told Globo. Police had been trying to catch members of the Comando Vermelho (“Red Command”) gang; authorities blocked off the trail to the mountain as the battle raged below the tourist hotspot.