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SAA event in Bahia, Brazil on Tue 3rd February 2026

3rd February 2026

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On 3 February 2026, in Salvador - Barra/Pituba (Bahia), military, civil, and federal police forces exchanged fire with CV members in the Vale das Pedrinhas neighborhood, Nordeste de Amaralina complex, in an operation responding to the death of a police officer the previous night (coded separately). The suspects threw a rock against a police car, breaking its window. Eight of them were shot and killed, including five teenaged boys. Due to the instability of the region, bus lines stopped working. 8 fatalities.

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