(Daily Mail) At least 52 people have been killed in a jail in northern Brazil today in a bloody conflict between rival gangs that left 16 decapitated, an official has confirmed.
The 'rebellion' began at around 7am in the Altamira Regional Recovery Center, in the northern ParĂ¡ state, where gang members from one prison block invaded the prison annex and reportedly set part of it on fire.
Sixteen of the dead were decapitated in the bloody five-hour-long clash that ended around midday (3pm GMT), an official from the Para state government's penitentiary department said.