13 inmates killed in Honduran prison riot

At least 13 inmates were killed and another 30 wounded in a shootout between rival groups inside Honduras’ biggest prison, the latest bloodshed to hit the country’s overcrowded and ageing jails.

13 inmates killed in Honduran prison riot

At least 13 inmates were killed and another 30 wounded in a shootout between rival groups inside Honduras’ biggest prison, the latest bloodshed to hit the country’s overcrowded and ageing jails.

The clash today came inside a cell block housing 400 of the most dangerous prisoners doing time at the National Penitentiary in Tegucigalpa, where least 27 inmates were murdered in 2005, most by their cellmates.

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