Santa's chopper shot up over Rio slum »

Posted By JamesMarcus 1 year, 6 months ago in News

Drug traffickers in a Rio slum opened fire on a helicopter carrying a Santa to a children's party, apparently mistaking it for a police helicopter, police said on Tuesday. "They thought it was a police operation and started shooting. Luckily, nobody was hurt," a police official said.

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