Brazil prison riot kills at least 60 inmates

At least 60 people were killed in a prison riot in Brazil's Amazon region when fighting broke out between rival gangs, an official said on 2 January. The riot happened on Sunday at a prison in Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, said the head of the state's prisons administration, Pedro Florencio. The bloodbath took place at Carandiru prison in São Paulo state.