Posted on 12/18/2007 4:26:11 PM PST by Libloather
Jingle-bang! Santa's chopper shot up over slum
Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:33am EST
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Not even Santa Claus is safe as the violent Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro celebrates the Christmas season.
Drug traffickers in a Rio slum opened fire on a helicopter carrying a Santa to a children's party, apparently mistaking it for a police helicopter, police said Tuesday.
"They thought it was a police operation and started shooting. Luckily, nobody was hurt," a police official said.
The helicopter had to return to its base after the attack. Two bullet holes were found in its fuselage.
Police said the pilot, contracted to take an actor dressed as Santa to the party in the Nova Mare slum, was flying over the neighboring Vila Joao shantytown when it was fired upon on Sunday.
Santa later returned to Nova Mare by car to distribute Christmas presents.
Most of Rio's 700-plus slums are controlled by drug traffickers and are not regularly patrolled by police, who instead go into the slums in military-style raids, often using helicopters and armored vehicles.
molested, now shot at.
Santa got shot down by a drug gang
coming to my slum on christmas eve
you may say there’s no such thing as kevlar
as for me and santa we believe
Hmm... looks like Santa will be revisin’ the naughty/nice list.
Grandma got busted for molesting santa
she grabbed his jingle bells at the mall
you may say there no lust left in grandma
but as for me and santa we believe
Hey that is pretty good....call Hallmark...:-)
“You’ve been a very good boy this year, Lee.”
On second thought. A few small precision guided weapons, targeted on "those houses", would be better. Take care of the problem, while sparing the peaceable folk as much as possible..
They have got a BIG problem in Brazil — perhaps civilization teeters.
LOL
But NORAD has a long association with Santa, and probably would be glad to provide it.
He should have had Rudolph along for the flight.
Not just Brazil.
It has happened here as well.
Red Sleigh down! We have a Red Sleigh down!
Some other Yuletide faves:
- I Saw Bullets Missing Santa Claus
- Frosting the “Snowman”
- Santa Claus is Coming Right Down
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