The Sydney Morning Herald reports a bullet came ripping through the media room at the Deodora equestrian center and landed near a photographer Saturday. No one was hurt, but the bullet left a hole in the tent’s roof.
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Eventers Tim Price and Sir Mark Todd were competing at the venue.
Abbott said media had been advised by a police officer assigned to the team to gather in a workroom to await further advice.
“You hear all these awful things about how it is going to be and then you get here and it seems fine”, she said.
The controlled explosion of a suspect package at the finish line of the men’s Olympic road race was carried out as a precaution. “Suspicious package. Military have secured area”.
Reporters heard a loud boom on the press tribune and felt the ground shake.
Brazil has deployed some 85,000 police and military to guard the Games, roughly twice the number at the 2012 London Olympics.
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As the elite cyclists made their way around the 241.5-km route, the explosion was heard close to Copacabana beach – where the race is due to finish.
