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A woman was stopped by security guards after trying to enter a prison with 12 pistols strapped to her torso.
Multiple weapons were strapped to the woman's body, concealed under a loose t-shirt in Brazil.
Gun violence has reached epidemic proportions in the country where firearms kill approximately 40,000 people every year.
Last year was the deadliest on record in Brazil, which recorded 61,619 violent deaths according to Brazilian Forum on Public Security 2016 data.