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                        Brazil's Deadly Prison Riot Ends

   by VOA News

   Authorities in Brazil say a deadly two-day prison uprising in southern
   Brazil has ended.

   Officials say two inmates were beheaded during the riot at Cascavel
   penitentiary. Two other inmates were thrown to their deaths from the
   prison roof, and police are investigating how a fifth inmate died
   during the riot.

   Two guards who had been taken hostage by the prisoners were released.
   The rioting prisoners had demanded better living conditions and
   transfers to other prisons.

   Officials say the uprising ended with the transfer of hundreds of
   inmates to other prison facilities.

   ^Some information in this story was provided by AP and Reuters.
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