Brazilian police kill murder suspect after manhunt outside capital

FILE PHOTO: Police officers with a K-9 dog participate in a manhunt for suspected serial killer Lazaro Barbosa de Sousa in Cocalzinho de Goias, Goias state, Brazil June 22, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian fugitive accused of murdering a family was shot dead on Monday, ending a 20-day manhunt with troops, dogs and helicopters in farm country outside Brasilia, where rural families lived for weeks in fear.

Lazaro Barbosa, who fled jail after a previous murder conviction, was suspected of killing a father and his two sons in early June and kidnapping their mother, whose body was found days later in the countryside.