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IOC confident in Rio despite new wave of violence

A police officer aims a weapon next to residents during an operation at the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Police in Rio de Janeiro say they found two more bodies in a slum wracked by violence just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games. A police officer aims a weapon next to residents during an operation at the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Police in Rio de Janeiro say they found two more bodies in a slum wracked by violence just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
By Stephen Wilson
AP Sports Writer / October 20, 2009

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LONDON—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.

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