Rio police fire tear gas at protesters outside Maracana stadium ahead of Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Tension flared at the end of a protest against the Olympic Games on Friday evening. Police fired tear gas and a percussion grenade after youths set a Brazilian flag and a Rio 2016 volunteer’s T-shirt on fire and tried to get too close to where the Opening Ceremony for Rio 2016 will shortly […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/08/05/rio-police-fire-tear-gas-at-protesters-outside-maracana-stadium-ahead-of-olympics/