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At least eight bodies, some with signs of torture, found on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro following police operation.

[Image description: police officers stand guard as firefighters remove dead bodies found by residents in a mangrove forest after a police operation in impoverished favela community outside of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Monday.]

At least eight bodies, including some showing signs of torture, have been found in a mangrove swamp outside of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil following a gun battle involving police.

Rio de Janeiro state police said officers were investigating the grisly scene alongside forensics experts in the poor favela neighbourhood of Salgueiro, about 35 kilometres (20 miles) northeast of the beach city.

Residents, who declined to be named, told Brazilian media outlets that they expect more bodies will turn up following an “intense” gun battle in the community.

“The bodies were all thrown in the mangrove swamp. They had signs of torture, people tossed one on top of the other. It has all the signs of a massacre,” a witness told Brazil’s Globo TV on Monday.

Viviane dos Santos Araújo - Rainha de Bateria do Salgueiro desde 2008, desfilou no carnaval de 2018 como uma rainha egípcia no enredo Senhoras do Ventre do Mundo, que homenageia as grandes matriarcas negras da história. Nascida em 25 de março de 1975, é atriz e modelo, sendo por muitos considerada a "rainha das rainhas"  do carnaval brasileiro