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campaigner shot in her car – as celebs including Naomi Campbell pay tribute
Thousands took to the streets of Brazil's largest cities on Thursday night to protest the execution-style murder of a popular Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman.
Marielle Franco, 38, a rising star in the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL), was shot dead in her car on Rio's north side, by two unidentified assailants around 9.30pm on Wednesday night.
Tributes have been flooding in on social media with celebrities like supermodel Naomi Campbell honouring Ms Franco's life and work.
Ms Franco had been tirelessly campaigning for LGBT, women's and human rights in the city, and had been particularly vocal in her criticism of alleged police killings of poor residents.
Investigators, prosecutors and even drug gang leaders in Rio de Janeiro has called the murder of Ms Franco - the only black woman on Rio city council - a political assassination.
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