Prison Attack
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Mexico again witnesses deadly prison attack; 14 inmates killed, 24 escaped
World | Jan 02, 2023, 08:48 AM ISTThe Chihuahua state prosecutor's office said in a statement that around 7 am various armoured vehicles arrived at the prison and gunmen opened fire on guards.
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11 killed, over 200 inmates escape after prison attack in Nigeria
World | Nov 30, 2021, 08:32 AM ISTAccording to the spokesperson, some attackers and 262 inmates escaped in the melee before reinforcement could come from sister services, noting that 10 inmates have so far been recaptured, leaving 252 at large.
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Ecuador: Prison riots leave 62 dead
World | Feb 24, 2021, 10:53 AM ISTSixty-two inmates have died in riots at prisons in three cities in Ecuador as a result of fights between rival gangs and an escape attempt, authorities said Tuesday.
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57 prisoners killed by inmates in Brazil's Altamira jail, 16 decapitated
World | Jul 30, 2019, 06:44 AM ISTPara state prison authorities a fight erupted around 7 a.m., between the Rio de Janeiro-based Comando Vermelho and a local criminal group known as Comando Classe A.
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Militants attack prison in northwest Pakistan
World | Jul 30, 2013, 10:47 AM ISTDera Ismail Khan, July 30: Dozens of Taliban militants armed with guns, grenades and bombs attacked a prison in northwest Pakistan, freeing more than 250 prisoners, including 25 “dangerous terrorists,” officials said.The militants killed six
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Sarabjit to be cremated in Bhikhiwind Friday; anger in town
India | May 02, 2013, 06:12 PM ISTBhikhiwind (Punjab), May 2: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who died in Pakistan early Thursday, will be cremated in his hometown Bhikhiwind in Punjab's border district of Tarn Taran, amid great anger in the town.Sarabjit's family,
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Tight security for Pak prisoners in Maharashtra jails
India | May 01, 2013, 04:26 PM ISTMumbai, May 1: Following the brutal assault on Indian national Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistan jail, security of neighbouring country's prisoners in Maharashtra jails has been tightened, a senior police official said.Additional Director General of
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Family meets Sarabjit
World | Apr 28, 2013, 07:06 PM ISTLahore, Apr 28: The distraught family of a comatose Sarabjit Singh was on Sunday allowed to have a glimpse of him from a distance at the hospital where he is being treated after a brutal