A Brazilian senator was shot on Wednesday as he tried to drive a bulldozer towards a military police strike demanding higher salaries in the northeastern state of Ceara.
Senator Cid Gomes, 56, who also serves as the regional governor, was shot by a rubber bullet while driving a bulldozer towards a fence behind which a group of masked military police officers were holding a demonstration to demand a salary increase. It is not yet clear from where the shot was fired.
Senator Cid Gomes, 56, who also serves as the regional governor, was shot by a rubber bullet while driving a bulldozer towards a fence behind which a group of masked military police officers were holding a demonstration to demand a salary increase. It is not yet clear from where the shot was fired.
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2020/02/21/brazil-senator-shot-by-police-senator/