68 dead after 'riot' at Venezuela police station

Nearly 70 people have died after fire swept through the cell area inside a police station in Venezuela.

68 dead after 'riot' at Venezuela police station

Nearly 70 people have died after fire swept through the cell area inside a police station in Venezuela.

The blaze is said to have followed a disturbance by detainees being held at the state police headquarters in Valencia, a town in Carabobo state about 100 miles west of Caracas.

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