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    Brazil jail riot in Para state leaves 52 dead as gangs fight

    July 29, 2019No Comments2 Mins Read
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    BBC- The structure of the cell allowed the fire to spread quickly, resulting in the death by asphyxiation of some inmates.

    Officials said that the two prison officers taken hostage were soon released, because the goal of the attack was to strike at the rival gang – rather than at the prison guards.

    There had been no prior warning or signs of an impending attack on this scale, the statement said.

    Video reported to be from the prison carried by Brazilian media showed smoke billowing from at least one prison building, while another clip appeared to show inmates walking around on the rooftops.

    The prison in Altamira where Monday’s violence broke out has a capacity of 200, but was occupied by 309 prisoners. Officials denied it was overcrowded.

    Gang leaders involved in the attack were to be moved to federal prisons for isolation, if they were identified.

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    Violence in Brazilian prisons is not uncommon. The country has the world’s third-largest prison population of some 700,000 people, and overcrowding is a widespread problem.

    Clashes between rival gangs are frequent, as are riots.

    In May, 40 people were killed on the same day in four different prisons in Manaus in Amazonas state – a day after 15 died in prison fights in the area.

    More than 130 people were killed in January 2017 alone, as violence broke out in several prisons between the country’s two largest gangs, resulting in lengthy riots and the eventual transfer of hundreds of prisoners.

    Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has vowed to bring in tighter controls in prisons, while building more across the country.

    But this will not be straightforward as most

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