Two police officers suspected in a shooting spree that left 30 people dead in Rio de Janeiro last week were detained Saturday after an intensive manhunt, authorities said.
State Gov. Rosinha Matheus also offered a $1,900 reward for information leading to the capture of the gunmen.
"We want this case to be rigorously investigated because it can't go unpunished," Matheus said Saturday on her weekly radio program. "As a mother I'm shocked. Only monsters are capable of that."
Composite sketches and anonymous tips led police to officers Jose Augusto Moreira Felipe, 32, and Fabiano Goncalves Lopes, 30, police said. They were being interrogated but had not yet been charged, said Marcela Lobo, a spokeswoman for the Rio de Janeiro Public Safety Department.
