Violence in Brazil prison

by VTV430 July 2019 Last updated at 18:48 PM

VTV.vn - At least 56 people have been killed in a gruesome gang battle in a prison in Brazil on Monday morning.

Officials said a local drug gang had invaded the prison wing controlled by its rivals in the city of Altamira in the state of Pará, decapitated 16 prisoners and setting mattresses on fire, with dozens more thought to have asphyxiated in the smoke.

The security force intervened but could not suppress so many prisoners; two guards were taken hostage. The authorities had to mobilize police and military forces to blockade the prison.

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