RIO DE JANEIRO – One patient was killed and a nurse and an off-duty policeman were wounded when armed men stormed a Rio de Janeiro hospital in a brazen plot to free a suspected drug trafficker, Brazilian police said.
The melee sparked a shootout with officers.
Rio investigators said in a statement that at least five men arrived at the Hospital Souza Aguiar early Sunday to rescue the 28-year-old suspect, who was being treated there for a gunshot wound.
Police are studying security camera footage to identify the attackers.
Brazilian media reported the patient who died had been taken to the downtown hospital by a friend, the off-duty officer who was wounded along with the nurse.
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