At Least 18 Inmates Die
In Honduras Prison Riot
At least 18 inmates were
killed in a riot in
Honduras' largest
prison, according to
reports reaching here
from the country's
capital Tegucigalpa.
Knives and machetes were
used during the riot and
several inmates were
even beheaded, said a
prison spokesman. An
investigation into the
causes of the riot is
still underway, he said.
The riot, which began
late on Friday at the
National Penitentiary
north of Tegucigalpa,
was the second such
incident in a Honduran
prison in a week.
Last Saturday, nine
prisoners were killed in
a riot at a jail in the
northern city of San
Pedro Sula, which forced
the prison authorities
to shift dozens of
inmates to other prisons
this week to avoid
further violence.
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