from the frontline of the war on christmas

Not even Santa Claus is safe as the violent Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro celebrates the Christmas season.

Drug traffickers in a Rio slum opened fire on a helicopter carrying a Santa to a children's party, apparently mistaking it for a police helicopter, police said Tuesday.

"They thought it was a police operation and started shooting. Luckily, nobody was hurt," a police official said.

via. I prefer the booby trap method. A nice mince pIED gets them every time.

Comments

[Tom Scudder]

A trap for dere santa:

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