Sandro do Nascimento

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sandro Rosa do Nascimento (July 7, 1978 - June 12, 2000) was the perpetrator of the Bus 174 hostage crisis in Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nascimento boarded a public bus, intending to rob the passengers. However, the incident developed into a hostage situation, which was broadcast live by most Brazilian national television channels. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sandro Rosa do Nascimento, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.