A TEAM of Brazilian police officers, caught on video repeatedly shooting a 14-year-old boy, has been arrested.

The boy survived the attack in August last year, despite being hit five times and suffering a punctured lung.



Brazilian newspaper O Globo said that he and his family are now in a witness protection program.

Watch the shocking footage here.

Video of the crime was broadcast on Brazilian TV for the first time on Wednesday night, triggering the arrest of seven members of the paramilitary police tactical unit in the city of Manaus, capital of the Amazonas region.



Between four and five of the officers were thought to have taken part in the actual shooting.

The grainy nighttime recording shows the unarmed teenager, who had no police record, surrounded by officers.



Shortly afterward, he appears alone with one officer, who shoots him in the chest. Further shots are fired as the boy is led away. He was only saved, according to O Globo, when one of the seven officers intervened.

In the police report, officers said they were quizzing the 14-year-old about a gun used in a neighborhood crime and that shots were fired in the area as they arrived.

Amazonas military police commander, Colonel Dan Camara, said the conduct of the police was completely against his force's standard operating procedure.

"Such unjustifiable behavior does not represent the usual professional conduct of this force, is completely inappropriate and, therefore, is not recognized, accepted or even tolerated," he said.

Originally published as Shocking video shows cops shooting teen