Overview

• Police reported a confrontation between rival groups near Morro da Cruz that left one alleged criminal dead and two bystanders wounded outside Hospital do Andaraí, with one discharged and the other in surgery in stable condition, and patrols were reinforced.
• The exchange of gunfire happened hours after Health Minister Alexandre Padilha visited the federal unit, which is managed by the city, and the hospital activated its security protocol and continued operating.
• It was the fifth violent incident near a health facility this week, following cases that included staff injuries, vehicles hit by gunfire, and temporary service suspensions.
• A day earlier, a Civil Police operation in the Complexo da Maré briefly shut the Linha Amarela and led police chief Felipe Curi to denounce municipal health secretary Daniel Soranz after Soranz posted that clinics suspended care during the action.
• City data cite 698 closures of clinics and posts this year and more than 1,000 gunshot victims with a roughly 30% rise in wounded patients, figures that state authorities dispute as they point to improved public‑security indicators.