EFE World News Service

Suspects in Brazil bus-burning found slain in car.

Rio de Janeiro, Dec 1, 2005 (EFE via COMTEX) -- A death squad killed four alleged members of a Rio drug gang, leaving a sign with the bodies, some of which had signs of torture, identifying the slain men as those responsible for the burning of a city bus in which five people died.

Police said the bodies of the four men were found early Thursday inside a stolen car left parked near the spot where a gang of attackers assaulted the bus late Tuesday night.

The assailants, described by police as members of a ring that sells drugs in a local slum, entered the vehicle, poured gasoline on the floor and seats and set the bus ablaze.

Some passengers were able …

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