Red-stained Brazil flags at burial of man shot by military

Friends and relatives of Evaldo dos Santos Rosa, shot and killed by soldiers, touch his tomb adorned with a Brazilian flag splattered with red paint to symbolize blood, in the Ricardo de Albuquerque neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Dos Santos Rosa was driving to a baby shower with his 7-year-old son, his wife, her stepfather and another woman when soldiers started shooting at them on Sunday. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Luciana dos Santos, center, grieves at the burial of her husband Evaldo dos Santos Rosa, who was killed by armed forces when they mistook his car for that of criminals, in the Ricardo de Albuquerque neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Dos Santos Rosa was driving to a baby shower with his 7-year-old son, his wife, her stepfather and another woman when soldiers started shooting at them on Sunday. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A man holds up a Brazilian national flag defaced with red ink to symbolize blood in protest against the shooting death of Evaldo dos Santos Rosa, the driver of a family car who was killed by armed forces, in the Guadalupe neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Authorities say soldiers mistook the car driven by Santos Rosa on Sunday for that of criminals and was hit by 80 shots fired by members of the armed forces. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

RIO DE JANEIRO — Angry friends and relatives of a man shot to death by soldiers wailed and waved Brazilian flags spattered with red paint during his funeral Wednesday, four days after an incident that stirred outrage in Latin America’s largest nation.

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