RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Passengers riding a bus serving the Castelo-Maricá line in downtown Rio de Janeiro were robbed by two armed men who took over the bus late Wednesday night, reported terra.com.
Bus in Rio (photo: volkswagenag.com)
The men, who boarded the bus at the Menezes Cortez Terminal in the center of Rio de Janeiro, announced the robbery and proceeded to take cell phones, watches and $200 reals in cash (about $150 dollars). The driver was forced to take Avenida Brazil to the Parque Alegria slum in the north of the city where the bandits fled.
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It is just hard to feel safe outside nowadays specially after dark. I feel sorry for those people who were robbed. It is only good that they were not harmed.
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