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Dozens killed in Brazil jail riot Drugs gang 'kills 33 inmates' in Brazilian jail
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At least 33 prisoners killed in Brazil jail riot, second major incident in a week, officials say At least 33 prisoners have been killed in a prison in northern Brazil, just days after 56 died during a jail riot in a neighbouring state.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The local secretary of Justice Uziel Castro told the BBC he blamed the deaths in the prison in the state of Roraima on a drug gang.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. He said some bodies had been found decapitated after the incident in the Penitenciária Agrícola de Monte Cristo.
But the situation was now under control, he added.
Sunday's 17-hour prison uprising in Manaus was the deadliest in Brazil in years.
Officials say police have managed to recapture 40 of the 87 prisoners who escaped.