Girl attacked with rock in Rio after leaving party at center for Afro-Brazilian religion
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Brazilian police say they are trying to identify two men who attacked an 11-year-old girl as she left a party at a center used by followers of Candomble, a syncretic Afro-Brazilian religion.
Kaylane Campos was walking down a Rio de Janeiro street with her grandmother Sunday when one of the two men threw a rock that hit her head, causing her to faint. She was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Ivanir dos Santos, a spokesman for a group that fights religious intolerance, said Wednesday that the attackers were holding Bibles and shouted "Satan" at Campos, who was wearing the long white dress typical of the Candomble faithful.
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Followers of the religion frequently face hostility from Pentecostals who attack Candomble temples.