Nine dead in Amazon's worst land-related killings in decades

Hit men attacked a remote Brazilian settlement where deforestation, land grabbing and violence go unpunished, reports Climate Home

Nine men were stabbed or shot dead on 19 April over a territorial dispute in a remote area of Mato Grosso state, deep in the Amazon rainforest.

In the afternoon, hitmen swept through the land in question, known as Linha (road) 15, killing everyone they found. Some of the bodies bore signs of torture.