The incident took place late Tuesday in the Curicica neighborhood on a Transolímpica bus that connects two major centers of Olympics sports facilities, the Youth Arena in Deodoro and the Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca.
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However, Olympics Security Director Luiz Fernando Correa told a different story.
Local media reported that a Belgian judoka was assaulted and robbed on Tuesday near the famous Copacabana beach. “It was the sound before I ever saw the glass (shatter) or anything”.
Some reports said it was shot at, but others said stones had been thrown.
Michaelson said, somewhat sarcastically, that it seemed hard to believe “Brazil has some Olympic-quality rock throwers to be able to hit not one, but two windows that quickly at upper-body height moving that quickly down the road”.
In the latest incident, gunmen fired on a military police vehicle which strayed into the entrance of a slum near the airport, off a highway used by visitors traveling between there and the Olympic Park, security sources and the country’s justice minister said. They’ve been seen sleeping in sand traps and walking all over the course, according to Mental Floss, and the players couldn’t help but stop and stare – and take the occasional picture – when these huge rodents come close.
She added that the overhead lights on the bus were never turned off after the attack, leaving those on the bus as potential targets.
International Olympic Committee Two people on the bus suffered minor cuts when the glass shattered. But what upset her even more was the response by authorities.
“Why did not the driver, nor the police officer, nor anybody from Rio 2016 make any inquiry whatsoever into the well-being of the people on the bus, interview them about what had happened, or offered treatment to those who had been injured?”
“The driver said, ‘Don’t worry”.
When pushed on Rio 2016’s overall security plan, the organising committee’s main spokesman Mario Andrada said: “Yes, we are convinced we can guarantee the safety of journalists, athletes and every guest here – that’s our primary responsibility and we can guarantee it”.
A 51-year-old Brazilian woman was also shot dead during a robbery on Friday in the renovated “Marvelous Port” area, which is meant to be a main attraction for Olympic tourists.
“My instinct was immediately to go the ground, and I started yelling for the others to get down”, she explained to reporters.
“We’ll hang out because swimming doesn’t dictate our friendship”, Lochte said. “That’s our primary responsibility and we can guarantee that”.
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The bus was attacked at night as it transported up to a dozen journalists and officials between two Olympic venues.
