Brazilian police kills 3-year old

Published: July 8, 2008 at 11:27 PM

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 8 (UPI) -- Brazilian police shot and killed a 3-year-old boy Tuesday by accident while pursuing several armed men, a top law enforcement official said.

Rio de Janeiro's secretary of security, Jose Mariano Beltrame, called the killing of Joao Roberto Amaral, a "disastrous accident," O Globo TV reported Tuesday.

The boy's mother was wounded in the shooting while his older brother was unharmed.

According to witnesses, the police appeared to be chasing a vehicle with several men carrying weapons when they fired on the car carrying Amaral and his family, confusing it with the suspects' car.

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