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Johanna - Life in Motion

5/15/2006

Terror in sao paulo

Today Sao Paulo woke up with confusion, chaos and fear in the streets, since last friday criminals and police took the streets of the city as a field of war, more than 180 attacks have taken place against police stations, firemen, banks and public buses (more than 60 have been burned). In response to that more than 10000 buses are kept in the garages of the bus companies, leaving more than 3 millions of people without of means of transportation to go to work.

The sad thing is that no one knows what can happen and when things will stop, and there are rumours that shopping malls and universities will be attacked too, in the news they only recommend people to stay at their homes.

I am trying to understand what is happening, just read in the newspaper that the attacks are coordinated by PCC that is a group of criminals some of the arrested and others still operating in the city, but all of them able to create a plan from prision where they count with all facilities including mobile phones.

This attacks brings again the discussion of how unprepared is the police force in comparasion with criminals and how vulnerable and unrecognized are those who are meant to protect brazilian citizens.

As for me, I just decided to stay at home cancelled my plans to go to the bank and kept answering phone calls from people concerned about the situation... saying I don't know more than what the media is saying, here in Vila Mariana everything is ok.

God brings peace to big sao paulo.

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