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

A tense situation prevailed at the Amritsar accident site as protesters clashed with security personnel and pelted them with stones after they were removed from the railway tracks, police officials said.

Video: Chaos at Amritsar accident site as protesters clash with police   

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

Video: Chaos at Amritsar accident site as protesters clash with police