Olympic media bus attacked in Rio
Xinhua, August 10, 2016 Adjust font size:
An Olympic media shuttle bus was attacked on the way back to Barra Olympic park here on Tuesday as one of its windows was broken.
According to Brazilian news hub UOL, the bus was hit two times after leaving Deodoro, north of Rio, for Barra Olympic park, southwest in the city. Police searched the bus and said it was stones, not bullets, to break the window.
Rio organizing committee has confirmed this accident and a special investigation force including the federal police is formed to review it.
Around 12 people were on the bus when this accident happened. Two of them suffered minor injuries. A journalist from Belarus suffered small cuts on the hand. A volunteer got injured on his arm.
Although police said it was stones hitting the window, passengers on the bus suspected it was small-caliber bullet. A Reuters photographer, who has experience in battlefield, said he also had the impression that the bus was hit by gunfire.
After the incident, all the buses leaving from Deodoro were escorted by the military. Endit