Spectre of random street crime haunts Rio Olympics

By Lia Timson
Updated June 23 2016 - 5:18pm, first published 3:46pm
Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. The Marvelous City takes its moniker from a famous 1935 song.
 Photo: Supplied
Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. The Marvelous City takes its moniker from a famous 1935 song. Photo: Supplied
Bullet holes are seen on a wall in Rio's Complexo do Alemao favela. Photo: Carlos Coutinho
Bullet holes are seen on a wall in Rio's Complexo do Alemao favela. Photo: Carlos Coutinho

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