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Fight between soccer fans ends with one dead in São Paulo

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Confiscated material with fans of both teams: iron bars and firecrackers .. Fights between fans of Palmeiras and Corinthians, hours before the game last Sunday ended with one dead and 25 people arrested. The clashes took place in three locations in the metropolitan area of ​​São Paulo: Sao Miguel Paulista in the east zone of the city, in Guarulhos and in the subway station Brás, on downtown. The fatal victim, according to the military police, not involved in the confrontation. He was hit by a stray bullet as he passed by a square, opposite the train station of São Miguel Paulista neighborhood. The shot hit the heart of the pedestrian, who died instantly. Man killed during a clash of rival fans In another area of ​​São Paulo, in the Brás subway station, the police were called to break up a fight between members of the supporters of the two teams. The train circulation came to be interrupted. The riot squad entered the Brás station to stop the confrontation. According to a...

With high value of ticket, São Paulo have subway system always full and with little investment

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Despite the constant increases in the ticket, the city of São Paulo suffers from a poor subway system characterized by: work at maximum stocking capacity always, constant strikes, very few stations located far of the downtown, sexual abuse against women, assault and vandalism of soccer fans (Corinthians and Palmeiras). The only positive point that the system have is the cleaning. Two other facts that call attention are the large number of people who have been pushed on the subway tracks in recent years and smartphone thefts at stations. With a ticket so expensive, the least the local population requires is security and faster in the works of expansion of subway lines, plus fair value of compensation for residents of expropriated homes in this process.