Travel Daily | Rio tourist hostages

ABOUT 30 tourists were taken hostage in a shootout in Rio de Janeiro last weekend, with the Rio InterContinental Hotel in Sao Conrado used as the base for a firefight between police and about 10 gunmen who are believed to be part of a drug gang.

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