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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rory Sullivan

Dom Phillips: British journalist killed in Amazon was ‘collateral damage’ in drunken ambush, Brazil’s vice-president says

AP

The death of British journalist Dom Phillips was “collateral damage” in a drunken ambush of Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, Brazil’s vice-president has claimed.

The bodies of Phillips and Pereira were discovered last week in a remote area of the Amazon, ending a 10-day search for the two men, who had last been seen in the Javari Valley close to the border with Colombia and Peru.

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