article_snippet.sent: Authorities in Sao Paulo say Authorities in Sao Paulo are now investigating the matter.
article_snippet.sent: Brazilian police officers kill on average six people every day according to the Sao Paulo-based Forum on Public Safety.
article_snippet.sent: The NGO collated figures between 2009 and 2013 which showed police killed more than 11,000 people.
article_snippet.sent: In comparison, police and law enforcement officers in the United States took 30 years to kill 11,000 people.
article_snippet.sent: According to a report released by the organisation: 'The empirical evidence shows that Brazilian police make abusive use of lethal force to respond to crime and violence.'
article_snippet.sent: However, Brazil is an incredibly violent country with one murder approximately every ten minutes.
article_snippet.sent: Many of those killed by Brazilian police are recorded as being shot 'while evading arrest'.