'Thugs are randomly shooting at anyone who passes': Looting, rape and murder break out on the streets of Brazil after military police go on strike in the state of Espírito Santo
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- Chaos on the streets of Espírito Santo has been compared to the film The Purge
- Officers have staged a mass walkout in a row over their working conditions
- People are running around with guns and machetes causing panic in Brazil
- Fresh negotiations planned for later today on the proviso officers return to work
Looting, rape and murders have been reported on the streets of Brazil after the military police in Espírito Santo went on strike.
The chaos has been compared to the 2014 thriller film The Purge where a lawless night of terror leads to horrific crimes.
With officers staging a walk-out over conditions, thugs are running riot in Brazil, with people running rampant with guns and machetes, shops being robbed, buses set on fire and dead bodies are left lying in the street.
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A man is left bloody and battered amid the chaos caused by the military police strike
A bus burns violently after it was torched on the street during the uprising in Brazil
A paramedic attends to a man who is left on his back in the riots in Espírito Santo
Thugs break into a shop and can be seen running out of the door with a handful of goods
Dramatic footage from the Purge-like chaos during which one person was shot
The harrowing scenes are being reported from all around the state, and one resident told Political Outsource: 'The thugs are randomly shooting at anyone who passes the street in Espírito Santo.
'My God what is happening.'
Schools have been closed and even football matches cancelled in the affected areas due to the lack of security, which has meant many people are refusing to even venture outdoors.
'I won't even leave my house today," one Brazilian resident in Espirato Santo told Political Outsource.
'Things are absolutely crazy, there are people running around with guns in pretty populated areas, dozens of people stealing from malls, even dead bodies on streets.'
The chaos has been captured on camera by a number of worried residents as well as the thugs
In reaction to the chaos, the government agreed to re-open negotiations with the military police with new talks to begin today providing officers return to the streets.
State Secretary of Public Security André Garcia told Globo: 'The first step taken by the government to overthrow this movement was the filing of a lawsuit requiring the illegality of the movement to be enacted.
'Our intention is to negotiate, always, but this negotiation must be based on mutual respect, and the condition for the police come to patrol the streets and answer the calls of the Capixabas citizens.'
The government has threatened to file a lawsuit against the force, claiming the strike is illegal.
- G1 - Governo do ES suspende negociação até policiamento voltar - notícias em Espírito Santo
- Police go on strike in Brazil, cities being wiped out in "Purge" fashion | Political Outsource | News and Insight
- GABRIEL PINHEIRO on Twitter: "A polícia do Espírito Santo tá de greve e olha o que acontece https://t.co/thHW68aq6W"
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