GPS guides tourists into Rio slums
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Three Norwegian tourists came under fire and one was shot after their car’s satellite navigation system guided them straight into one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous slums, Reuters has reported.
The tourists were returning from the beach resort of Buzios, about three hours north of Rio, when their GPS system recommended they turn off a main highway as the quickest route back to the airport to drop off the rental car. But the suggested route took them deep into the Mare slum complex, where their rented car quickly came under fire.
The three men have cut short their vacation in Brazil and headed home after Trygve Killingtveit, 24, was shot in the shoulder by suspected drug gangs that control hundreds of shantytowns in Rio.
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