Brazil: Rio gangsters torch 35 buses after crime boss killed

Suspected members of Brazilian criminal groups set fire to at least 35 buses in Rio de Janeiro on Monday, after one of their leaders was killed in a police operation, officials said.

The attacks were concentrated in the west of the city, where so-called militias are fighting for control.

Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes said those responsible were “idiots as well as criminals” in a post on social media.

“Militia members on the west side are burning public buses paid for with public money to…