Brazil: 48 murders at the weekend in Pernambuco

Despite the fact that there is no official information from the relevant governmental body, PE Body Count [pt] carries on its independent count of the murder rates in Pernambuco, Brazil. The blogger found out that 46 people were murdered this weekend, although the PR team in charge of feeding the press informed they knew of only four homicides on Sunday.

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