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30 die in Brazil attacks

SAO PAULO (Brazil): A wave of attacks on police by a notorious gang has killed at least 30 persons — including 23 officers — in the bloodiest assault of its kind in the history of Brazil's largest State, authorities said. Related uprisings at 18 prisons across Sao Paulo State continued late on Saturday, the night after scores of armed assaults on police stations, patrol cars and bars frequented by off-duty officers. The attacks starting on Friday night were the work of the First Capital Command, known by the Portuguese initials PCC, said Enio Lucciola, press spokesman for the Sao Paulo State Public Safety Department. ``It is trying to undermine our authority and intimidate us and the population at a time when we have redoubled our efforts to destroy it,'' Mr. Lucciola said by telephone. — AP

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