FIFA concerned but confident about Brazil violence

Published April 25, 2014 3:37am ET



RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — FIFA is concerned about recent violence in Brazil less than two months before it hosts the World Cup but remains confident the country will stage “the biggest party on Earth,” FIFA marketing director Thierry Weil said Thursday.

The latest outburst began on Tuesday when residents of a Rio de Janeiro slum rioted following the killing of a popular local figure, a death they blamed on police.

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