07-01 revenge in 07/01 - German broadcasters in Brazil got equipment stolen worth about $400k
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[QUOTE]Truck with the equipment was hijacked in a busy avenue. The journalists are in Brazil to cover the Olympic Games
Two German TV teams had their equipment stolen in Rio de Janeiro’s city center. A truck carrying two containers with the material was heading to the Olympic Park when armed men intercepted it and held the driver hostage. The assault happened this morning, and the emptied truck was found during the afternoon.
It is the third case of violence connected to the Olympics, just one month before the beginning of the games. On June 19, [URL="http://plus55.com/sports/2016/06/australian-athlete-robbed-gunpoint-rio"]two members of the Australian Paralympic team were robbed in Rio at gunpoint[/URL]. Five days later, a Mexican TV team had its equipment stolen while shooting scenes for a series called [I]Carioca[/I], about the Olympic Games.
Security in Rio has been an issue. Two days ago, a [URL="http://plus55.com/culture/2016/06/dismembered-body-found-at-copacabana-beach"]dismembered body was found at Copacabana Beach[/URL], next to the Olympic Beach Volley Arena.
To make matters worse, [URL="http://plus55.com/politics/2016/06/welcome-hell-say-rio-police-tourists"]law enforcement officers are threatening to go on strike[/URL] during the games, in protest for not being paid correctly. The state of Rio de Janeiro is nearly bankrupt, and acting Governor Francisco Dornelles declared a state of “public calamity.”
Public calamity seems the right choice of words to describe Rio de Janeiro right now.
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[/URL][QUOTE]2:30 p.m.
German public broadcasters say thieves in Brazil have stolen technical equipment worth about 400,000 euros ($445,400) that was intended for use at the Rio Olympics.
ZDF and NDR issued a joint statement that the gear was inside two shipping containers being transported by tractor-trailer Friday from Rio's port to a storage facility.
The broadcasters say the driver was unharmed, but the vehicle has disappeared along with its haul.
The two stations say the equipment was insured and can likely be replaced before the start of the Olympics in five weeks.
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[/URL][QUOTE]TV alemã que está no Rio para cobrir Olimpíada tem contêineres roubados[/h][h=2]Caso foi registrado nesta sexta-feira (1º) na DRFC.
Dois contêineres roubados teriam sido avaliados em R$ 1,3 milhão.[/h]
Dois contêineres com equipamentos de transmissão de uma TV alemã que está no Rio de Janeiro para cobrir a Olimpíada foram roubados por volta das 22h desta quinta-feira (30), na Avenida Brasil, na altura do Mercado de São Sebastião, na Penha.
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im about to finish my bingo card before the olympics even start at this rate
I really feel there's going to be a terrorist attack at the Olympics, I mean there's even super bugs just waiting in the river to be turned into a weapon.
[QUOTE=Ithon;50631963]I really feel there's going to be a terrorist attack at the Olympics, [b]I mean there's even super bugs just waiting in the river to be turned into a weapon.[/b][/QUOTE]
Pretty sure that's now how it works.
[QUOTE=Ithon;50631963]I really feel there's going to be a terrorist attack at the Olympics, I mean there's even super bugs just waiting in the river to be turned into a weapon.[/QUOTE]
what? you mean like a literal shit bomb that sprays shit all over the people?
[QUOTE=Ithon;50631963]I really feel there's going to be a terrorist attack at the Olympics, I mean there's even super bugs just waiting in the river to be turned into a weapon.[/QUOTE]
Not a terrorist, but that bomb wouldn't kill anyone if it was placed in the river (unless there are people in the river).
So are we going to have an olympics bingo? I mean there is so much crazy shit going on, we just have to make a game out of it like e3.
Someones gonna be particularly wealthy with that stolen equipment
How much longer until the first athlete is shot and killed?
Better question is how long until they are taken hostage or people who are going to watch the games are?
I think Britain will step in and hold the games in a makeshift way
It'll be really irresponsible if countries don't send security details for their athletes if the place it's being hosted can't guarantee their safety after shit like this being on the news.
[QUOTE=soulharvester;50632861]It'll be really irresponsible if countries don't send security details for their athletes if the place it's being hosted can't guarantee their safety after shit like this being on the news.[/QUOTE]
hey, it's already irresponsible that they're sending their athletes to swim or row through raw sewage, so we're off to a good start :v:
[QUOTE=Exploders;50632061]Someones gonna be particularly wealthy with that stolen equipment[/QUOTE]
Or extremely dead. This is Brazil we're talking about.
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