Inmates transport bodies after a prison riot in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, January 15, 2017. REUTERS/Josemar Goncalves
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A new uprising has broken out at a prison in northeastern Brazil where 26 inmates were killed by a rival gang faction over the weekend, authorities said Monday.
"A SWAT team is there at this exact moment. Our men are entering the prison now to get control of the situation," said Eduardo Franco, head of communications for police in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, where the prison is located.
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