Riot in Brazil prison leaves 15 choked and stabbed to death


  • World
  • Monday, 27 May 2019

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A riot between inmates in a prison in Brazilian state of Amazonas ended with 15 dead on Sunday, according to a statement of the state secretariat for prisons.

Inmates at the Amazonas jail were choked to death or stabbed with toothbrushes, Colonel Marcos Vinicius Almeida, head of the state's jails, said in the statement.

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