Brazilian city shuts schools and transport as drug gangs avenge leader’s killing

Police station attacked and dozens of buses, public buildings, banks and personal vehicles damaged in Manaus after police shoot dead drug suspect

A city in Brazil ordered schools closed and suspended public transport after the police shooting of an alleged leader of a drug trafficking ring sparked retribution attacks from gangs, government officials said.

Dozens of buses, public buildings, banks and personal vehicles in Manaus - the capital and biggest city in the state of Amazonas - were targeted by a drug trafficking organisation in revenge for the killing, the state's government said. Twenty-one vehicles were burned, and Governor Wilson Lima on Sunday requested deployment of the national guard.