Rising Afro-Brazilian Politician Marielle Franco Has Died in a Targeted Assassination in Rio – OkayAfrica

Rio’s head of public security, Richard Nunes, says there would be a “full investigation” into the killings, despite the military’s takeover of policing in the city last month from the surge in violence.

According to Dr. Keisha-Khan Y. Perry on Twitter, Franco participated in a panel discussion entitled, “Black Women Moving Structures,” shortly before she was killed. Franco streamed the conversation live on her Facebook page. You can view it here.

 

Source: Rising Afro-Brazilian Politician Marielle Franco Has Died in a Targeted Assassination in Rio – OkayAfrica

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