Brazil investigates reports of massacre among Amazonian tribe by gold miners
by Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from on (#31WZZ)
Eight to 10 members of a remote indigenous group were allegedly killed by men working for illegal prospectors in Javari Valley
Brazilian authorities are investigating reports of a massacre of up to 10 people from an isolated tribe in the Amazon by illegal gold miners.
The killings, alleged to have taken place in Javari Valley, are claimed to have been carried out by men working for gold prospectors who dredge illegally in the region's rivers.
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