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The Candelaria church holds Sunday mass and other typical services of the Catholic religion. It is famous around Rio de Janeiro for being a makeshift home to perhaps hundreds of homeless children, many of whom are involved in drugs, prostitution and other crimes. The church's personnel provides food, shelter, education and religious advice to as many of these children as possible. The Brazilian police keep a constant vigil on the church's surroundings. Mass is a property of physical objects that, roughly speaking, measures the amount of matter they contain. ... A homeless man pushes a cart down the street. ... A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ... Retail selling Street selling is the bottom of the chain and can be accomplished through purchasing from prostitutes, through cloaked retail stores or refuse houses for users in the act located in red-light districts which often also deal in paraphernalia, dealers marketing merriment at night clubs and other events... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services, such as oral sex or sexual intercourse, for money. ...

One of these children, Sandro Rosa do Nascimento, went on to commit another one of Brazil's most infamous crimes. Sandro Rosa do Nascimento (1979-2000) was one of the most publicized criminals in Brazil. ...

The massacre

According to some survivors, the morning of the day before the massacre, a young group of children happened to throw stones at police cars. Some policemen told them something like "don't worry, we will get you soon!". As children from the Candelaria church were usually given warnings such as these by policemen, the young perpetrators left without worrying too much about the threat. Bold text --202. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ...

At midnight, a few cars came to a halt in front of the Candelaria church. Next, gunfire shots were heard. The children tried to cover up, but eight of them were shot to death, with several others wounded. In Western culture, skeletons are often the symbol of death. ...

The international community severely condemned the attack, and many in Brazil asked for the prosecution of those who shot the Candelaria church children.

Aftermath

Fifty officers were accused of the massacre. One of them, Mauricio da Conceição, died during a shootout as he was about to be arrested in 1994. Two others, Marcos Emmanuel and Nelson Cunha, were handed life sentences. However, they could potentially avoid the imprisonation, as Brazilian law says that anyone who gets a sentence of twenty or more years in jail, automatically qualifies for a second trial. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Life imprisonment is a term used for a particular kind of sentence of imprisonment. ...