Brazil: Masked Gunmen Attack Brazilian Indian Leader In Shock Execution

Brazil: Masked Gunmen Attack Brazilian Indian Leader In Shock Execution   Survival International has developing news from Brazil, where masked gunmen have today executed an Indian religious leader in front of his community.   Gunmen surrounded Nisio Gomes, ordering his community to lie on the ground. Witnesses say he was shot in the head, chest, arms and legs. The 59-year-old’s body was then driven away.   Gomes is believed to have been the main target of this attack, although there are...

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