Rio De Janeiro: Clashes between inmates killed 15 people at a prison riot in Amazonas state in northern Brazil on Sunday, the regional prison authority informed.
The clashes broke out around 11:00 am (1500 GMT) during visiting hours at the facility, located some 28 kilometres (17 miles) from the state capital Manaus.
“It was a fight between the inmates. There had never been deaths during the visits,” Colonel Marcos Vinicius Almeida told a news conference.
He added that the situation was now “under control,” though police helicopters continued to fly over the complex as a precaution.
There was no information about any escapes.
In January 2017, the same facility Brazil was the scene of prison riots that lasted almost 20 hours and left 56 people dead.
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