Dozens of criminals armed with assault rifles invaded a city in southern Brazil overnight and took control of the streets as they assaulted a local bank.

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Images on social media showed armed men firing automatic weapons in the streets and taking hostages before fleeing.

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Dozens engage in gun battle, torch vehicles, kidnap workers and blow up bank in Criciúma Bank robbers armed with military-grade weapons have laid siege to a city in southern Brazil, torching vehicles, kidnapping government workers, blowing up a bank and engaging in a two-hour gun battle as the mayor begged residents to stay indoors. Clésio Salvaro, the mayor of Criciúma, told local media he first learned...

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Over the course of two hours, several heavily armed men laid siege to the coastal city of Criciúma , where they blew up ATMs and took hostages.

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