*** ----> Fresh jail riot erupts as Brazil unrest spreads | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN
Fresh jail riot erupts as Brazil unrest spreads

Fresh jail riot erupts as Brazil unrest spreads

AFP
bahrain

Natal : Stick-wielding inmates hurled stones and lit fires Thursday in a Brazilian jail where dozens were previously massacred, as authorities struggled to contain a spreading wave of gang violence.

Police fired rubber bullets to try to separate two groups of inmates as they fought a pitched battled in the courtyard of the Alcacuz prison in the northern town of Natal, AFP reporters overlooking the facility saw.

The governor of the surrounding Rio Grande do Norte state, Robinson Faria, called for the armed forces to deploy in the streets of Natal after rioting spread beyond the prison.

Globonews television channel showed pictures of injured inmates being evacuated from the jail.

Rioting also broke out in six towns in the state, a spokesman for local authorities told AFP.

Six cars and a truck were set on fire and seven people were arrested in that unrest, the spokesman said.

One person died and five were hurt during another prisoner uprising in the nearby town of Caico, he said.

 

 

Related Posts

sports

health

Most Read