More than 50 people have been killed in a prison riot in western Venezuela, hospital staff say.
The riot was triggered when local media broadcast news that
soldiers had been sent to Uribana prison in Barquisimeto to search for
weapons, Prisons Minister Iris Varela said.Hospital director Ruy Medina told AFP news agency that some 90 people were injured, mostly from gunshot wounds. The dead are thought to include inmates, guards and prison workers.
The director of Barquisimeto hospital, Ruy Medina, put the death toll at 54, Venezuela's Clarin newspaper reported.
Venezuelan Human rights activist Carlos Nieto Palma told BBC Mundo: "What should have been a normal procedure in any prison ended in a clash between National Guard [soldiers] and inmates."
He added that Uribana prison was among the most dangerous in the country.
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles blamed the violence on "incompetent and irresponsible government".
Venezuela's prisons are blighted by overcrowding and the proliferation of weapons and drugs. (BBC)
17 comments:
Do they want their convalescing leader 2 slump 2 yet another heart attack!I hope this dastardly act as not culminated from their watching prison break.Joking anyway!
South America has a bad reputation for prison brutality and all, how appalling!
This is ironical, how can a prison which harbors criminals be known for the proliferation of weapons and drugs? Man is the architect of man's problem.
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wat a bad incident but why are soldiers behaving like animals?
Some scofield tinz...........says LAKA
Corrupt prison officials collecting money to let Weapons in no doubt.
Doz prisoners aint repenting? Just asking
Too many disaster in january alone..God intervene
This prisoner's look can kill, he looks meannnn!!
So sad. May d souls of d departed rest in peace
So sad men are now acting lik lions
Where did the inmates get their weapons from to the point of having enough to fight against the guards?
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Ur deff. Not charmingig in This ur new pix
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Dis guy sef resemble Scoffield
Is that ur face prince charming?
Na prison break season 9 b this? Meanwhile PC is that ur face?
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