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    Three French aid workers in Brazil have been stabbed to death at the offices of the charity they worked for in Rio. Police say the three, a couple who headed the charity and a male employee, were killed by the organization’s treasurer, who allegedly hired hit men. Police say they have arrested the treasurer and that he had confessed to the crime. They say he had stolen funds from…

    By GDB Newsletter // 28 February 2007

    Three French aid workers in Brazil have been stabbed to death at the offices of the charity they worked for in Rio. Police say the three, a couple who headed the charity and a male employee, were killed by the organization’s treasurer, who allegedly hired hit men. Police say they have arrested the treasurer and that he had confessed to the crime. They say he had stolen funds from Terr’Ativa, a French-Brazilian NGO helping slum children. (BBC)

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