GPS guides Norwegian tourists into trouble in Rio

November 28th, 2008 | by Gary |

Three Norwegian tourists came under fire and one was shot after the satellite navigation system in their car guided them straight into one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous slums.

The three men cut short their vacation in Brazil and headed home Monday after Trygve Killingtveit, 24, was shot in the shoulder by suspected drug traffickers from one of the gangs that control hundreds of shantytowns in Rio.

Read more here: GPS guides Norwegian tourists into trouble in Rio | Oddly Enough | Reuters

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