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Hey Moammar! What is up? Good to have you back in the club. Wink wink, nudge nudge. Masked men have attacked bars, banks and police stations with machine guns, gangs have set buses on fire, and inmates at dozens of prisons have taken guards hostage in an unprecedented four-day wave of violence that has left at least 8o* dead in Sao Paulo. 21 new killings were reported Sunday night and Monday morning, the state government of Sao Paulo said, putting the death toll at 81 - 39 police officers and prison guards, 38 suspected gang members and 4 civilians caught in 181 attacks since Friday. Prison officials said they do not know how many inmates have died in Sao Paulo. At least 91 people have been arrested since Friday. The governor of Sao Paulo state, Claudio Lembo, insisted that the federal troops offered by Silva were not needed. "We are in control of the city, and we will preserve this control," Lembo declared. *Static.