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Masked Robbers Launch Coordinated Attack On A 2nd Brazilian Bank, Killing 1 Hostage

Just a day after a band of armed gangsters robbed a bank in Criciúma, another in the city of Cametá was targeted. The cities are separated by 2,000 miles.

On Monday, armed and masked gangsters attacked the Southern Brazilian city of Criciúma, in Santa Catarina state, just before midnight.

About 24 hours later and 2,000 miles away — it happened again. Heavy gunfire in Cametá, Pará state, as at least descended on the remote river town in the Amazon rainforest, in a coordinated attack and robbery

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