At least 52 inmates were killed in a prison riot in northern Brazil on Monday as rival gang factions fought each other, an official said. Sixteen of the dead were decapitated in the second major eruption of violence to rock the country's severely overpopulated and deadly prison system in as many months.

Riot at Altamira jail in Brazil leaves 52 dead, 16 decapitated

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Riot at Altamira jail in Brazil leaves 52 dead, 16 decapitated