Daily Mail: Army struggles to regain control of lawless Brazilian city where at least 100 people have been killed in just FIVE days since police went on strike
* WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
* The chaos on the streets of Espírito Santo has been compared to the film The Purge where lawlessness rules
* Officers have staged a mass walkout since Saturday in a row over their working conditions and their low pay
* People are running around with guns and machetes and a spate of murders have caused mass panic in Brazil
* Military troops had to be deployed to restore order in city of Vitoria where 100 reported homicides took place
* The police officers are walking out over wages, but want a 100 percent increase in their monthly pay packet
* State officials have labelled their requests as blackmail and have vowed not to fold to their 'ransom demands'
A lawless Brazilian city's murder rate has soared since police went on strike and the death toll has now pushed into triple figures in just five days.
Military troops had to be deployed in the state of Espírito Santo after looting, rape and murders broke out on Saturday amid the industrial action in a row over wages, but even they can't wrestle back control.
Since the walkout, more than 100 people have been killed in the metropolitan area of Vitoria, and officers' refusal to return to work has been labelled blackmail and holding the public to ransom by state officials.
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