Seventeen people have been killed and another 11 injured in
a fire at a prison in Venezuela. The cause of the blaze at Tocuyito jail near
the city of Valencia is still being investigated. Inmates said an electrical
fault was to blame but investigators have yet to provide an official report. Prisons
in Venezuela are notoriously overcrowded and violent. Pressure group Venezuelan
Prison Observatory says more than 300 inmates were killed in 2014.’Increased
security' Nine men and eight women died in the fire which spread through one of
the units, officials said. Forensic experts are trying to identify the bodies.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Venezuela prison fire: Tocuyito blaze kills 17
Seventeen people have been killed and another 11 injured in
a fire at a prison in Venezuela. The cause of the blaze at Tocuyito jail near
the city of Valencia is still being investigated. Inmates said an electrical
fault was to blame but investigators have yet to provide an official report. Prisons
in Venezuela are notoriously overcrowded and violent. Pressure group Venezuelan
Prison Observatory says more than 300 inmates were killed in 2014.’Increased
security' Nine men and eight women died in the fire which spread through one of
the units, officials said. Forensic experts are trying to identify the bodies.
More… 
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