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| Gangs clash inside Brazil prison where 26 massacred this week |
| By trust.org- Pedro Fonseca and Brad Brooks |
| Published: 01/19/2017 |
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RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Hundreds of inmates from rival drug gangs clashed on Thursday inside a Brazilian prison where 26 inmates were killed in the latest of an ongoing series of bloody uprisings, television images showed. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters into the yard of the Alcacuz prison in northeastern Brazil as helicopters buzzed overhead. Prisoners erected makeshift barricades, while inmates traded blows with wooden clubs and hurled stones. Some police appeared to be firing live rounds from a watchtower. There was no immediate word on deaths, but several inmates clearly appeared to be injured. Read More. |
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