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Brazilian police said they had targeted "criminal leaders" with a raid on a Rio de Janeiro favela which ended with multiple deaths. One woman died after being struck by a stray bullet.

Brazilian police confirmed Tuesday afternoon that at least 22 people were killed during a raid in the Vila Cruzeiro favela, in Penha, in northern Rio de Janeiro.

Military police say they came under fire as they approached slum of Vila Cruzeiro

A further seven people were hospitalized, according to health officials, while police said one of the victims was a female bystander felled by a stray bullet.

One woman died after being struck by a stray bullet

Police say early-morning raid in Rio de Janeiro favela community aimed to capture leaders of drug-trafficking group.

An anti-crime operation in a Rio de Janeiro slum left 21 people dead Tuesday, officials said, a year after the bloodiest-ever favela raid in the city's history.

Death toll puts the incident among Rio’s deadliest police operations in recent history

Military police said they came under gun fire as they planned to enter a slum called Vila Cruzeiro in the north of the city with the mission of locating and arresting criminal leaders.

A police raid in a Rio favela early Tuesday left 11 people dead, authorities in the Brazilian city said.