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Student shoots dead two in Brazilian school

Brasília - Muslimchronicle

A young student at a private school in Brazil shot dead two other children and wounded three more, emergency services said Friday. All the victims were 12 or 13 years old, police and the fire department in the central city of Goiana told AFP. The suspected shooter, from the same school year, was arrested, they said. source: AFPRead more

Brazilian police arrest president of meatpacking giant JBS

Rio De Janeiro - Muslimchronicle

Brazilian police arrested on Wednesday the executive president of the meatpacking giant, JBS, Wesley Batista, after his brother, Joesley, was detained at the weekend. These arrests are part of Operation Talon de Aquiles (Eagle Talon), which is investigating the use of privileged information to benefit from financial trades in April-May 2017. The Batista brothers are being investigated for a saleRead more

Brazil police say Rio Olympics were bought in corrupt scheme

Rio de Janeiro - Muslimchronicle

Brazilian officials said Tuesday that the country's Olympics chief was the "lynchpin" in a plot to bribe the International Olympic Committee into awarding Rio de Janeiro last year's Games. Brazilian police said in a statement they were probing "an international corruption scheme" aimed at "the buying of votes for the election of (Rio) by the International Olympic Committee as theRead more

Smooth Criminal: Michael Jackson statue given rifle by Rio narcos

Rio de Janeiro - AFP

Rio de Janeiro drug gangsters gave a famous statue of Michael Jackson a scary new prop in a photo circulating on Brazilian social media: an assault rifle. Police said Monday that the picture, in which the military style semi-automatic is slung around the King of Pop's neck, was taken "by criminals." "The suspects have been identified and an operation isRead more

Man carrying knife arrested at Eiffel tower

Paris - Muslimchronicle

A man carrying a knife was arrested as he tried to force his way into the Eiffel Tower, the company that runs the Paris landmark said Sunday. The man, who was apparently alone, was "very quickly overpowered and arrested" and nobody was hurt, the statement added. The incident happened at 11:30 pm (2130 GMT) Saturday night, about half an hourRead more

Brazilian troops launch anti-crime operations in Rio slums

Rio de Janeiro - Muslimchronicle

Heavily armed Brazilian army troops and police launched a pre-dawn crackdown Saturday on gangs operating out of slums across Rio de Janeiro, following a steep rise in crime. Six favelas were targeted by the combined forces in a swoop that started in the small hours, the Rio state security service said in a statement. Their main goal was to stopRead more

Chinese supermarkets pull Brazil meat from shelves as food safety fears grow

Beijing - Arab today

Some of China's largest food suppliers have pulled Brazilian beef and poultry from their shelves in the first concrete sign that a deepening scandal over Brazil's meat processing industry is hitting business in its top export market. The moves by Sun Art Retail Group, China's biggest hypermarket chain, and the Chinese arms of global retail giants Wal-Mart Stores Inc andRead more

Heroic Matuidi sinks Metz as PSG catch Monaco

Paris - Arab Today

Blaise Matuidi scored a 93rd-minute winner as Paris Saint-Germain recovered from throwing away a two-goal lead to beat Metz 3-2 on Tuesday and move level with Ligue 1 leaders Monaco. Edinson Cavani netted his 30th league goal of the season and Matuidi quickly added a second at the Stade Saint-Symphorien as PSG sought to crank up the pressure on Monaco.Read more

Spanish court reopens fraud investigation against Neymar

Madrid - Arab Today

Spain's High Court said on Friday it had reopened a fraud and corruption investigation into Brazilian soccer player Neymar over his transfer to Barcelona from Santos, after an appeal by the public prosecutor. A High Court judge had initially dropped the charges in July against Neymar and his father-cum-agent Neymar Da Silva Santos, as well as against former Barcelona presidentRead more

16 Brazilian football players arrive in Beirut

Beirut - Arab Today

16 Brazilian football players arrived in Beirut on Tuesday night at the invitation of the aac company to set up two games with the Lebanese football players from different teams, NNA field reporter said. Source: NNARead more