Indigenous man shot dead as land dispute in Brazil farm state escalates

SAO PAULO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - In Brazil, a man from the Guarani community was shot dead on Wednesday morning, a governmental protection agency for Indigenous communities said, as a land dispute in the farm state of Mato Grosso do Sul escalated. It comes after a violent confrontation in early August during which armed men, backed by farmers in trucks and tractors, attacked Indigenous people reclaiming land in the vast farming state, injuring 11 of them. The man was shot in the head on Wednesday morning, the indigenous affairs agency...