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At least 33 prisoners killed in new Brazil prison uprising
06 January 2017
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At last 33 inmates have been killed in a new prison uprising in the Amazon region of Brazil, officials said Friday, just five days after 56 inmates were slaughtered in a nearby state in the country`s worst prison massacre for more than two decades.
Details were murky about the latest uprising that took place early on Friday in Roraima state`s largest penitentiary. However, experts had predicted more violence in Brazil`s gang-controlled prison system in the wake of the massacre earlier this week, which saw members of one drug gang butcher inmates from a rival criminal group.
