As taken out of an action movie was a caravan that transported the uranium was fired upon by a brazilian narkobande called Red Command last week.
Police responded to the shots with the same, while the pride went on with its attention-grabbing cargo. The attack is just the latest in the area, where Brazil has two nuclear power plants.
Skududvekslingen came to pass about 200 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro, brazil, in the vicinity of the tourist town of Angra Dos Reis, writes the local media O Globo. The shoots hit’, as it was at the neighborhood From, which is believed to be under the Red Command’s control.
– During a eskorteringsopgave in the vicinity of From-the neighborhood opened armed individuals fire on police, who responded with the same. Pride continued towards the destination. There was no one arrested or injured. Under skududvekslingen lost the criminal a pistolmagasin, which contained 12 pcs. 9 mm bullets, which the police now have seized, says a spokesperson for the police.
the Attack has created a lot of attention, since it is also not the first time that there has been fighting in the vicinity of the nuclear power plants.
Last year, the two atm machines in a residential complex for workers at the nuclear power stations blown up by armed gangs. All atms were only a mile from the two nuclear power plants, which are in charge of producing three percent of Brazil’s power supply.
Brazil’s organization for nuclear energy, Eletronuclear said in a press release, that the uranium in the pride was not dangerous, since it was not enriched yet.
According to the organisation was to suffer, however, not the attack, but was instead forced to run through an area where there was a fight between the police and a narkobande.
– There was an exchange of fire in the From the. The police took their position, after which the pride went on. What happened was a pure coincidence, says a spokesperson.
But it was not without sweat on the forehead, to suffer reached.
We are very worried. Eletronuclear has asked the government for more protection for the type of transporter, but it is a very complex problem, says a spokesperson for Eletronuclear.
