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| Prison Rebellion Leaves Nine Dead in Brazil |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 11/13/2002 |
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A 14-hour prison rebellion in southeastern Brazil that left nine inmates dead ended Monday with the release of three officers who had been taken hostage, a prison official said. The uprising began Sunday afternoon at the Franco da Rocha penitentiary, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, when one group of prisoners overpowered the officers and then attacked members of a rival gang, an official at the Sao Paulo State Prison Administration Department said. The official, who asked not to be identified, said the gangs were armed with knives and at least two revolvers. It was unclear how the inmates were killed or how the firearms entered the prison, the official said. The rebellion ended when authorities agreed to transfer five members of one gang to another prison facility, the official said. |
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