Sao Paulo, Nov 2 (EFE) Twelve Military Police officers have been arrested in connection with the killings of five young men in Curitiba, the capital of Brazil’s Parana state, the official AEN state news agency said.
The Military Police arrested the officers, who allegedly committed the murders Sep 10 in Curitiba’s Alto da Gloria neighbourhood, AEN said.
Thirteen officers pursued a stolen vehicle and decided to execute the five young men when they surrendered, AEN reported, citing the Military Police Command.
The 12 officers arrested Saturday and one who is still at large are also being investigated by prosecutors, who may charge them with murder in the civil court system, Parana Public Safety Secretary Luiz Fernando Delazari said.
The young men were killed inside a police patrol car, Delazari said.
