Rio Olympics organizers stepped up police patrols on Wednesday as security concerns mounted over the threat posed by street violence, with a Games bus being hit by stones and a security patrol coming under fire near Rio’s global airport.
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According to passengers, shots could be heard hitting the bus’ windows.
I was perched in the front luggage compartment on the standing room only bus when we stopped at a red light in a clearly impoverished community.
Michaelson also criticised the response of the bus driver, who slowed the bus to a stop, the lack of first aid supplies on the bus, and the lack of assistance for those injured after the incident. “That’s not an excuse, obviously, but we need more information”. “‘Pop, pop, ‘” Michaelson wrote in a harrowing firsthand account of the incident. I was sitting at the back.
It remains unclear whether the windows were shot at with bullets or whether it was hit by stones or rocks.
“With my background and training, I got down on the floor as much as I could and I hollered to the others to get down”.
“I think If I am wrong then I will of course apologise”. Windows shattered and flying glass left two people with minor lacerations.
“- Matt Slater (@mjshrimper) August 10, 2016 “.the security authorities are now investigating the incident and we await their report before making further comment”. After arriving at the Media Centre, he found that two passengers had minor injuries caused by broken glass cuts.
However, a journalist for the domestic news agency Globo who was on board said rocks were to blame. A statement from the organizing committee says security is “on-site now establishing the facts”.
“He continued to drive for a few meters until he saw a police vehicle and stopped”.
Security director Luiz Fernando Correa said: “Stones were thrown and hit the metal part of the windows of the bus” and promised to beef up security patrols, calling it an act of vandalism by teenagers.
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On Saturday a bullet pierced the roof of the media tent at the Olympic Equestrian Centre – which is located near a military compound.
