Brazil violence raises World cup safety fears

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Curbing violence has become a major priority for the authorities in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, which is hosting the football World Cup next year and the 2016 Olympics after a foreign touris was raped and robbed on a minibus. Police say two suspects have been arrested: Jonathan Foudakis de Souza, 20, the bus driver, and Wallace Aparecido de Souza Silva, 22. The suspects told other passengers to get off the bus, and drove it to the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, police said. The woman was raped repeatedly as the minibus crossed the long bridge over the Guanabara Bay in Rio. Her boyfriend was handcuffed and badly beaten. The couple was dumped in the nearby city of Itaborai, after being forced to use their credit cards for shopping and to withdraw money from cash machines, the police report says. The two alleged culprits were arrested hours after the attack. Police are looking for a third man. He was contacted by mobile phone, boarded the bus outside Rio and also raped the woman,police say. Robberies are a common occurrence on buses in Rio de Janeiro and other big Brazilian cities, but the violence and audacity of this attack has shocked local media.(FA)

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