- Marielle Franco was an outspoken councillor in Rio de Janeiro
Police say they have shot dead a former policeman suspected of murdering a prominent left-wing politician and campaigner in 2018.
They say Adriano da Nóbrega was killed after he fired on police officers trying to arrest him in north-eastern Bahia state.
Mr Nóbrega is said to have led a paramilitary group suspected of ordering the murder of Marielle Franco.
Ms Franco, 38, and her driver were shot dead in Rio de Janeiro in March 2018.
Ms Franco, an outspoken councillor, had been critical of the police’s often deadly raids in densely populated shantytowns, or favelas, and denounced paramilitary groups run by retired and off-duty police known as milícias.
Police say they have shot dead a former policeman suspected of murdering a prominent left-wing politician and campaigner in 2018.
They say Adriano da Nóbrega was killed after he fired on police officers trying to arrest him in north-eastern Bahia state.
Mr Nóbrega is said to have led a paramilitary group suspected of ordering the murder of Marielle Franco.
Ms Franco, 38, and her driver were shot dead in Rio de Janeiro in March 2018.
Ms Franco, an outspoken councillor, had been critical of the police’s often deadly raids in densely populated shantytowns, or favelas, and denounced paramilitary groups run by retired and off-duty police known as milícias.
Ms Franco was shot four times in the head, and three bullets hit her driver, Anderson Gomes. Ms Franco’s press officer, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, was injured.
Investigators say her killing was meticulously planned and carried out with unusual precision, which led them to believe her killers were highly trained.
