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Police officers walk in front of the homicide department in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 13, 2019. Journalist Romário Barros was recently killed in Maricá, in Rio de Janeiro state. (Reuters/Lucas Landau)

Brazilian journalist Romário Barros shot and killed in Maricá

São Paulo, June 20, 2019 — Authorities in the Brazilian town of Maricá, in Rio de Janeiro state, must thoroughly investigate the killing of journalist Romário Barros and determine whether the attack was tied to his journalism, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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