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| Venezuela prison riot 'kills many' | Venezuela prison riot 'kills many' |
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| At least 50 people have been killed in a prison riot in western Venezuela, hospital staff say. | At least 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. | 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. | Hospital director Ruy Medina told AFP news agency that some 90 people were injured, mostly from gunshot wounds. |
| The dead included inmates, guards and workers at the prison. | The dead included inmates, guards and workers at the prison. |
| Carlos Nieto Palma, co-ordinator of the non-governmental organisation "A Window to Freedom" that defends Venezuelan prisoners' rights, told BBC Mundo that the death toll could rise. | |
| "What should have been a normal procedure in any prison ended in a clash between National Guard [soldiers] and inmates," he said. | "What should have been a normal procedure in any prison ended in a clash between National Guard [soldiers] and inmates," he said. |
| He added that his organisation classed Uribana prison as the most dangerous in the country, on the basis of the number of violent incidents recorded there. |