RIO DE JANIERO – A passenger said an Olympics media bus was hit by bullets on Tuesday night, shattering two windows as the bus returned from the women’s basketball venue in Deodoro. Philip Wilkinson, a spokesman for the Rio 2016 organizing committee, could not confirm the passenger’s account but said officials are investigating.
O Globo, the Rio daily newspaper, said passengers reported a noise that sounded like gunshots, but said authorities attributed the damage to rocks. The rocks cracked and shattered the windows, and a Turkish volunteer was slightly injured, O Globo reported.
The incident took place in the neighborhood of Curicica, close to the main Olympic Park and media center.