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A boy plays in the street in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on June 17. Attackers shot dead a radio journalist in Brazil's Pará state on June 21. (Reuters/ Washington Alves)

Local radio journalist killed in northern Brazil

June 22, 2018 2:46 PM EDT

Rio de Janeiro, June 22, 2018–Brazilian authorities should conduct a thorough and credible investigation into the killing of radio journalist Jairo Souza, who was shot dead in northern Pará state yesterday, and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.