‘Bodies strewn across streets’ after huge police operation in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas as 2,500 cops storm gang’s HQ

AT least 64 people were killed and 81 arrested as 2,500 heavily armed police and soldiers stormed Rio de Janeiro’s favelas in the city’s largest-ever anti-gang operation. Gun battles raged for hours on Tuesday across the Alemão and Penha complexes, the strongholds of the powerful Red Command (Comando Vermelho) gang. The conflict has left “bodies…