Cotiporã is a municipality in the state of
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a state in the southern region of Brazil. It is the fifth-most-populous state and the ninth largest by area. Located in the southernmost part of the country, Rio Grande do Sul is border ...
,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. As of 2020, the estimated population was 3,838.
Gem robbery
A group of attackers forced open the door of a gem factory and put on the run from the police, nine people hostage. The attack took place on Sunday the 30 December 2012 in the village of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. After the attackers had blown open the door to the factory, the officers opened fire. Killing three attackers, some robbers managed to escape and in a nearby bar and a house they took nine people hostage. Among them were two men, six women and an eleven-year-old girl. The nine hostages were found on Sunday night unharmed. The police were on Monday the 31 December still after the fugitive offenders.
Hostages taken from Brazil gem-cutting plant , News24
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See also
*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), located in the South Region of Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul is divided into 497 municipalities, which are grouped into 35 microregions, which are grouped into 7 mesoregion ...
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Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
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