Brazilian police arrest nearly 1,000 murder suspects in one day

Brasilia: Brazilian police carried out a massive anti-murder operation in nearly every state of the country, arresting 968 suspects in one day according to the National Council of Civilian Police Chiefs.

The arrests included 56 people suspected of killing someone in an act of domestic violence or gender-based discrimination.

The efforts were the second phase of an initiative dubbed 'Operation Cronos'. In each state, police shared real-time updates of their work on social media, including photos and videos.

“By imprisoning murderers, we hope to prevent future crimes,” Civil Police tweeted in the northern state of Para.

During the first phase of the operation in August, police arrested nearly 3,000 people accused of murder, gender-based killings and domestic violence, among other crimes.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, part of the Organization of American States, expressed in early February “deep concern” over gender-based violence in Brazil, noting that at least 126 women had already been killed in gender-based violence in the country so far this year.