LONDON (AP) — The IOC is confident Brazil will deliver a safe Olympics in 2016 despite the weekend violence between rival drug gangs that killed 21 people in Rio de Janeiro.
The violence came two weeks after the International Olympic Committee voted to award the 2016 Games to Rio, taking the event to South America for the first time.
IOC spokesman Mark Adams said Tuesday that security is always a priority for the Olympics no matter where the games are held. He said Rio's security is under the control of the national, regional and city authorities.
