Tourists Return to Rio Viewpoint After Shootout Scare
Visitors returned to the popular lookout a day after gunfire between police and drug gangs in a nearby favela trapped over 200 people on the hilltop.
Tourists flocked back to an iconic Rio de Janeiro viewpoint on Tuesday, a day after a gunfight between police and drug gangs in a nearby favela. The fighting had trapped over 200 people on the hilltop, but visitors returned as the area reopened.