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| Venezuela prison fire: Tocuyito blaze kills 17 |
| By bbc.com |
| Published: 09/01/2015 |
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Seventeen people have been killed and another 11 injured in a fire at a prison in Venezuela. The cause of the blaze at Tocuyito jail near the city of Valencia is still being investigated. Inmates said an electrical fault was to blame but investigators have yet to provide an official report. Prisons in Venezuela are notoriously overcrowded and violent. Pressure group Venezuelan Prison Observatory says more than 300 inmates were killed in 2014. Read More. |
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