Rio de
Janeiro: On Tuesday, two windows were shattered when an Olympic bus carrying
journalists was hit by an unknown projectile. There were no serious
injuries.
We
don’t know yet if the bus was shot, or it was a stone,” organizing committee
spokesman Mario Andrada told The Associated Press.
Andrada
said three of the 12 journalists on the bus suffered minor injuries. Two
windows were shattered, with tiny chards of glass remaining in place.
“There
was kind of a popping noise and something hit two windows on the side of the
bus and left two hole marks, which looked like bullet holes,” David Davies, a
photographer for the British-based news agency Press Association, told the AP.
He
said occupants hit the floor, unsure what was happening. Davies said the bus
eventually picked up a police escort. The bus was traveling from the
northern venue cluster of Deodoro to the main Olympic Park in the suburb of
Barra da Tijuca.
The
incident raises more concerns about security at the Rio de Janeiro
Games. Rio is deploying about 85,000 soldiers and police to secure the
games, twice as many as London did four years ago.
On Saturday,
a stray bullet flew through the roof of a media tent at the Olympic Equestrian
Center. Officials said it had been fired from a hillside favela, but said the
games had not been targeted. Organizers said the intended target was probably a
security camera on a blimp.
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