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Sixty eight killed in Venezuelan police station riot and fireTibisay RomeroVALENCIA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Rioting and a fire in the cells of a Venezuelan police station in the central city of Valencia killed 68 people on Wednesday, according to the government and witnesses.Families hoping for news outside the police station were dispersed with tear gas and authorities did not give information until late into the evening.“The State Prosecutor’s Office guarantees to deepen investigations to immediately clarify what happened in these painful events that have left dozens of Venezuelan families in mourning,†said Chief Prosecutor Tarek William Saab on Twitter. Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-prison/sixty-eight-killed-in-venezuelan-police-station-riot-and-fire-idUSKBN1H508S
... A Window to Freedom, a nonprofit group that monitors conditions at Venezuela's jails, said preliminary but unconfirmed information indicated the riot began when an armed detainee shot an officer in the leg. Shortly after that a fire broke out, with flames growing quickly as the blaze spread to mattresses in the cells, it said. Rescuers apparently had to break a hole through a wall to free some of the prisoners inside.Photos shared by the group showed prisoners being taken out on stretchers, their limbs frozen in awkward positions as skin peeled off. ...
with flames growing quickly as the blaze spread to mattresses in the cells
