Overview
- An NGO, Rio de Paz, staged a Copacabana beach memorial with crosses, photos and police shirts to honor the four officers killed, whose bodies have been returned to their families.
- Reports cite more than 120 dead from the operation, while residents and witnesses allege that civilians were among the victims and report torture and executions.
- Relatives marched from Penha demanding the release of bodies and the resignation of Governor Cláudio Castro, and Military Police dispersed some protests outside the city morgue with batons and tear gas.
- Authorities expanded deployments by about 40% and intensified patrols in tourist areas, as checkpoints and tight access controls around favelas constrained recovery and identification work.
- The federal government sent 20 Federal Police specialists in necropsy, ballistics and DNA, and officials prepared to publish a list of recovered bodies to help families locate loved ones.