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Protest at killing outside British embassy in Brazil

BRASILIA, July 26A group of Brazilian rural workers demonstrated in front of the British embassy here to protest at the killing in that country of young electrical worker Jean Charles de Menezes, after he was allegedly confused with being a terrorist, PL reported.

Demonstrators placed flowers and candles in front of the embassy and observed a minute of silence. They also hung two large banners on the fence surrounding the grounds; one demanding the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq and the other read: "Jean Charles de Menezes, another victim of state terrorism."

The killing of the Brazilian in London last Thursday has had a profound impact and repercussion here, and Foreign Minister Celso Amorim has even traveled to that city, where he is discussing the matter with the British authorities.