Prisoner killed, dozens wounded in Myanmar jail riot, says junta
A prisoner was killed and more than 60 wounded after a riot broke out at a Myanmar prison west of ...
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3 killed, 14 injured in Bilibid prison riot
A heckling incident triggered a free-for-all at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa on Sunday night, resulting in the death ...
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Ecuador prison riot death toll rises to 27
Ecuador on Friday raised to 27 the number of inmates killed in prison riots in two jails this week that ...
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Police shoot dead inmate in Sri Lanka virus prison riot
Guards opened fire Sunday to contain a prison riot near Sri Lanka's capital where an inmate was killed and three ...
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Venezuela prison riot leaves 47 dead, 75 wounded
A prison riot has left at least 47 dead and 75 wounded in western Venezuela, a country where NGOs and ...
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Inmates decapitate rivals in prison riot
MANAUS, Brazil"•Rioting inmates decapitated their rivals in brutal fighting between two gangs in a Brazilian jail that left 56 dead, ...
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