A Brazilian taxi driver has had his left eye surgically removed after being struck by a rubber bullet while watching a protest over President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of COVID-19. Daniel Campelo was in the downtown area of the Pernambuco city of Recife on Saturday afternoon when he was hit by the projectile. Jonas Correia, 29, was also blinded in one eye in after he suddenly got caught in the middle of the same protest in Recife while traveling home. Demonstrators react amid tear gas against riot policemen during an anti-President Jair Bolsonaro protest in Recife, Brazil, on SaturdayDaniel Campelo is aided by bystanders after he got hit on the left eye by a rubber bullet. Surgeons say they have no plan to remove his injured eye, and it is unclear if it will remain permanently blind.

Source: Daily Mail June 01, 2021 21:38 UTC