10 inmates killed, some decapitated, in Brazilian prison riot By Andrew V. Pestano Follow @AVPLive9
10 inmates killed, some decapitated, in Brazilian prison riot
By Andrew V. Pestano Follow @AVPLive9 Contact the Author | Jan. 15, 2017 at 9:21 AM
NATAL, Brazil, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- At least 10 prisoners were killed, some decapitated, after a nearly 14-hour riot in Brazil's State Penitentiary of Alcaçuz in the Natal metropolitan area.
The riot began at 5 p.m. on Saturday as a gang fight between two rival factions housed in the prison's Pavilion 4 and Pavilion 5, Brazil's Ministry of Justice and Citizenship, or SEJUC, said in a statement.
Brazilian military police arrived nearly 14 hours later on Sunday -- equipped with armored vehicles and a helicopter. Jornal O Globo reported the state government of Rio Grande do Norte said that security forces and inmates did not exchange gunfire.
SEJUC said there was no record inmates escaped. Witnesses said some of those killed were decapitated. Brazilian police said the death toll could increase.
More:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/01/15/10-inmates-killed-some-decapitated-in-Brazilian-prison-riot/5181484487418/?spt=sec&or=tn
(Don't forget Brazil's soft coup President Michael Temer said last week that these riots in the wildly overcrowded prisons is a good way of thinning out the prison population.)
