BBC news.
Police in Brazil say 8 people have been shot dead in the town of Osasco in the Great Sao Paulo area. Gunmen on motorbikes and in cars opened fire as residents were celebrating the win of the local football team Palmeiras. Vanessa Buschschluter reports.
The shootings happened in late of night as football fans were setting a fireworks and horning the car horns to celebrate their team's victory in the Brazilian Cup final. At first, police saw the shootings which happened in 5 different areas of the town could be linked to rival race between football
hooligans
. But they later said the gunmen had just taken advantage of the noise and confusion of the street parties to
mask
the sound of shot and make a get away.
The Colombia airfore says it has found the wreckage of one of its planes which disappeared on Wednesday. The head of the airfore Gen Tito Pinilla said both crew members were dead. He said they located the wreckage and the body of on of the two pilots in Cauca province. Gen Pinilla said Colombia's largest rebel group, the Farc had taken the body of the second pilot.
Two weeks before the start of London Olympics, the British government has been defending its security plans after having to call in thousands more military personnel to protect
venues
. The home sectary Tusisamei told Parliament Olympic security had been
meticulously
planned and was rebuzzed, but she said concerns had risen about the ability of contractor G4S to train enough staff. An extra 3,500 military personnel will be deployed.