Article 60PYJ Calls for justice amid fears inquiry into killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira stalling

Calls for justice amid fears inquiry into killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira stalling

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Oliver Laughland and Roberto Kaz in Atalaia do Nor
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Three men are in custody and more arrests are planned, but the suspected murder weapon has not been found

Scores of protesters have congregated outside the offices of Brazil's Indigenous protection agency Funai in the riverside town of Atalaia do Norte, renewing calls for justice over the murders of journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous advocate Bruno Pereira.

Demonstrators - mostly Indigenous people from the Javari Valley - held orange and yellow banners, which read: Protection for our Amazon forest", Amazon resist! Who ordered the killing?" and Out Bolsonaro!", amid growing fears that the criminal investigation into the murders was slowing.

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