Nine deaths reported after inmates battle at Brazilian prison

Inmates from rival gangs battled at a prison in Brazil's Goias state on Monday, leaving nine dead and 14 injured, authorities said.

Officials told the Brazilian news site G1 that the violence at the Colonia Agroindustrial prison in the Aparecida de Goiania Complex apparently erupted when inmates from one cellblock invaded three others where prisoners from rival gangs are housed.