DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AFP) — A riot at a prison in Tajikistan has left 32 people dead, including 24 members of the Islamic State group and three guards, authorities said Monday. Five of the inmates and the three guards were killed by IS prisoners during the riot that erupted on Sunday evening at a facility near the capital Dushanbe, the justice ministry said in a statement. © Agence France-Presse
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At least six police killed in Mexico prison riot: officials
COATZACOALCOS, Mexico (AFP) — Seven people including at least six police were killed Sunday in a prison riot in eastern Mexico, authorities said, the latest outburst of deadly violence in the country’s jails. Police were trying to transport a group of “highly dangerous” prisoners from the La Toma prison in Veracruz state when inmates attacked the six officers, locked them in an enclosed space and set it on fire, the state government said. “The inmates […]
At least 1 policeman, 9 inmates hurt in QC jail riot
(Eagle News)—-At least one policeman and nine inmates were hurt in a riot in Quezon City Jail on Sunday. According to initial reports, the encounter between the Commando and Sigue Sigue Sputnik groups resulted in some inmates’ visitors being trapped inside. “Nung nagresponde na kami, nung parating na ‘yung mga pulis, medyo… nagkaroon ng katahimikan, kumalma ‘yung sitwasyon, ang ginawa namin pinapasok namin ‘yung mga inmates sa selda,” Police Superintendent Christian Dela Cruz, station commander of […]
At least 60 killed in Brazil prison riot: official
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP)–Atleast 60 people were killed in a prison riot in Brazil’s Amazon region when fighting broke out between rival gangs, an official said Monday. The riot happened Sunday at a prison in Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, said the head of the state’s prisons administration, Pedro Florencio. “There are 60 dead so far,” he told journalists. Riots are common in Brazil’s overcrowded and underfunded prisons. Some 622,000 people were imprisoned […]
Inmates beheaded in Brazil prison riots: police
by Claire DE OLIVEIRA NETO RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Rioting inmates beheaded rivals and burned others alive in an explosion of violence in two Brazilian jails that left at least 18 people dead on Monday, the authorities said. Prisoners also took women visitors hostage, officials said, blaming the violence on a rift between the country’s two largest gangs. It was the latest eruption of gruesome violence to hit Brazil’s underfunded and overcrowded prisons. […]
Solon proposes probe over De Lima’s links in Bilibid stabbing
(Eagle News)– Kabayan Rep. Harry Roque Jr. on Wednesday (September 28) proposed to probe Senator Leila De Lima if she has anything to do with the riot inside New Bilibid Prison (NBP) which wounded high-profile inmate Jaybee Sebastian and killed convicted drug lord Tony Co. “There are forces that would want to prevent Jaybee Sebastian from testifying in Congress to look into whether Leila de Lima is involved in the affairs in Muntinlupa,” Roque said […]
Forty hurt in Paris clashes between police, protesters
by Juliette COLLEN PARIS , France (AFP) — Forty people were hurt and dozens arrested Tuesday as violence between riot police and masked troublemakers gripped huge Paris protests over France’s labour reforms. Police fired water cannon in the south of the capital to quell rioters as “several hundred” masked protesters lobbed objects at security forces in bloody scenes in the French capital. As tens of thousands of people took to the streets in nationwide protests […]
