Article 54JM6 Bolsonaro supporter destroys Brazil beach memorial for 40,000 coronavirus victims

Bolsonaro supporter destroys Brazil beach memorial for 40,000 coronavirus victims

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Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
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A man vandalized a mock cemetery of 100 graves and crosses representing people who have died from Covid-19

A supporter of Brazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has desecrated a beachside memorial to Covid-19 victims as the country's coronavirus death toll rose above 40,000.

Activists from civil society group Rio de Paz dug 100 symbolic shallow graves on Copacabana beach before dawn on Thursday to represent the Brazilian lives lost.

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