A squatter is detained as he is evicted from an abandoned building in Flamengo neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro April 14, 2015. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Riot police removed squatters on Tuesday from a derelict building in Rio de Janeiro that former Brazilian oil magnate Eike Batista had once planned to turn into a luxury hotel for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Squatters threw stones and a Molotov cocktail at police, who arrested two people, a law enforcement spokeswoman said in an email, adding that all the squatters had been evicted.
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