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Prison riot in Brazil kills 9, injures 14; over 100 inmates escape after rival gangs engage in violence and start fires
Sao Paulo: Inmates from rival gangs battled at a prison in Goias state on Monday, leaving nine dead and 14 injured, authorities told the Brazilian news site G1.
Officials said the violence at the Colonia Agroindustrial prison in the Aparecida de Goiania Complex apparently erupted when inmates from one cellblock invaded three others where prisoners from rival gangs are housed. The attackers set mattresses on fire when they entered the neighbouring corridors and burned the bodies of those who were killed, authorities said. Firefighters were able to contain the fire.
Authorities confirmed the number of dead, but said identifications had not yet been made, G1 reported.
Officers from the Special Penitentiary Operations Group regained control of the prison with the support of military police about two hours after the riot started.
