The New Nation - Internet Edition

AP, Sao Paulo

Police swarmed a Rio de Janeiro slum in search of a drug lord on Friday, touching off a shootout that killed 11 people including a 70-year-old woman, Brazil's government news agency said. Two bystanders were wounded.

Police said 10 of those killed were suspected criminals, the official Agencia Brasil news agency reported.

The raid was carried out by Rio's controversial Special Operations Police Battalion, heavily armed police with military-like training who are often accused by slum dwellers of shooting first and asking questions later.