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Sao Paulo, Brazil (CNN)A pack of equipped robbers successful Brazil carried retired a bid of deadly slope heists utilizing quality shields strapped to their getaway cars connected Monday.
The attackers targeted banks successful the tiny metropolis of Aracatuba successful the southeastern authorities of Sao Paulo aboriginal Monday.
In a bid to distract instrumentality enforcement, the robbers positioned bombs each implicit the city. One antheral was earnestly injured erstwhile the devices were detonated, losing some his feet, according to police.
During the disorder the heavy equipped robbers held up 3 banks, taking hostages successful the process.
The hostages were past tied to the roofs and hoods of 10 cars to enactment arsenic quality shields, constabulary said.
Three radical died successful the incidents -- 2 of them victims and 1 a suspected robber, according to Sao Paulo subject police. Five others were injured and 2 suspects were apprehended and sent to jail.
A squad of much than 380 constabulary officers are present looking for much than a twelve suspects who stay astatine large. School classes were suspended successful the city, which has a colonisation of astir 200,000, pursuing the blasts.
"They [the criminals] had wrong accusation that 1 of the banks had a ample sum of money, truthful they went to the city," said Sao Paulo nationalist information caput Alvaro Batista Camilo to CNN affiliate CNN Brazil.
Police said that much than 20 heavy equipped men carried retired the attack, adding that drones were utilized by the robbers to show the streets arsenic they entered the metropolis and escaped, Reuters reported.
People were urged not to permission their homes until each the explosives were recovered and deactivated, Reuters added.
This is the latest successful a drawstring of slope heists successful Brazil. There were 2 akin raids past December connected consecutive days successful the cities of Cametá and Criciúma, according to Reuters, some connected branches of Banco bash Brasil.
An earlier mentation of this communicative incorrectly stated the determination of Sao Paulo state. It's successful southeastern Brazil.
CNN's Rodrigo Pedroso reported from Sao Paulo and Lianne Kolirin wrote from London.
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