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Olympics-Police agent shot in Rio slum dies in hospital

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 13 (Reuters) Brazilian authorities denied there were any problems with Olympic security arrangements despite the death of a military police officer who was shot when his vehicle took a wrong turn into a slum controlled by drug traffickers.
The death of 35-year-old Helio Vieira, an officer from northern Brazil deployed to Rio de Janeiro as part of heightened security for the Games, followed a series of incidents that have raised concern over security in the crime-riddled city.
Tourists and competitors have been robbed, a media bus has been stoned and two stray bullets have been found in the equestrian centre - one of them landing a few feet from a journalist in the media tent.
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