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Iran Prison Fire Death Count Rises To 8: Judiciary
Iran's judiciary authority said Monday that eight prisoners were killed in a fire that raged amid unrest inside Tehran's Evin prison, doubling the previously reported death count.
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4 Inmates Killed, 61 Injured In Evin Prison Fire, Says Iran
The fire that broke out in Iran's Evin prison in Tehran overnight killed four inmates and left 61 others injured, the judicial authority said on its website Sunday.
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Indonesia Prison Fire Kills At Least 41 Inmates, Dozens Injured: Official
A fire tore through an Indonesian prison on Java island early Wednesday, killing 41 people and injuring dozens of others, an official said.
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At Least 30 Dead in Mexico Prison Riot: Reports
At least 30 people died in a pre-dawn prison riot in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey today, as smoke billowed from the building, local media reported.
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52 dead, 12 Injured In Riot At Northern Mexico Prison
A brutal fight between rival factions killed 52 inmates and injured 12 at a prison in northern Mexico on Thursday, the state governor said.
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Prison Fire Kills 17 in Venezuela
A fire at a prison in northern Venezuela has killed 17 people and injured another 11, prosecutors said on Monday.
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Mentally-Ill Patient Snatches Gun, Opens Fires Inside NIMHANS Hospital in Bengaluru
An alleged criminal taken for a psychiatric evaluation to a hospital in Bengaluru opened fire inside the premises today. The man was injured in the police firing that followed. He later succumbed to his injuries.
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Fire erupts at Israeli prison holding ex-president
Israel's prisons service says a fire has broken out at the facility where former President Moshe Katsav is serving time.
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13 inmates killed in Turkish prison fire
Inmates in a prison in southeast Turkey set beds and blankets alight, starting a fire that killed 13 prisoners, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other officials said Sunday. Erdogan said the fire affected a ward housing 18 inmates in the prison in the mainly-Kurdish city of Sanliurfa. He said some inmates set their bedding on fire following...
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358 inmates killed in world's deadliest prison fire ever in Honduras
A fire started by an inmate tore through an overcrowded prison in Honduras, burning and suffocating screaming men in their locked cells as rescuers desperately searched for keys. Officials confirmed 358 dead on Wednesday, making it the world's deadliest prison fire in a century. The local governor, who was once a prison employee, told reporters tha...
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10 deadliest prison fires in the world
The world has seen some really deadly prison fires with the death toll sometimes running into hundereds. The latest fire in Comayagua prison in Honduras is by far the deadliest fire in the world. Bur looking at some of the world's most lethal fires some disturbing facts emerge. Most of the fires (8 out of the 10 deadliest) is the last decade. Also ...
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More than 300 inmates killed in Honduras prison fire
Trapped inmates screamed from their cells as a fire swept through a Honduran prison, killing at least 300 inmates in one of the world's deadliest fires in decades, authorities said on Wednesday. Some 475 people escaped from the prison in the town of Comayagua and 356 are missing and presumed dead, said Hector Ivan Mejia, a spokesman for the Hondura...
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42 dead in Tunisia prison fire
A fire at a prison today in Monastir in eastern Tunisia killed at least 42 inmates, a hospital doctor said."Thirty-one bodies were taken to the morgue and another 11 have followed," Dr Ali Chatli, head of the forensic medicine department at Fatouma Bourguiba hospital at Monastir, 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of Tunis, told AFP.Chatli said the f...
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Chile prison fire kills at least 83
A fire set off by rioting inmates in a severely overcrowded prison killed at least 83 prisoners on Wednesday and seriously injured at least 14 others, firefighters said. Chileans nationwide could hear the screams of dying inmates in the background as a prisoner used an illegal cell phone to call state television for help.National prison police dire...
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Sixteen killed in Salvador prison fire
A fire broke out in a prison north of El Salvador's capital on Wednesday, killing at least 16 young inmates and injuring 27.Nine of the injured are listed in serious condition with burns, according to Mauricio Ventura, director of the Rosales Hospital in the capital, San Salvador.The prison in the city of Ilobasco held 93 inmates, mostly men who ha...
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Iran Prison Fire Death Count Rises To 8: Judiciary
Iran's judiciary authority said Monday that eight prisoners were killed in a fire that raged amid unrest inside Tehran's Evin prison, doubling the previously reported death count.
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4 Inmates Killed, 61 Injured In Evin Prison Fire, Says Iran
The fire that broke out in Iran's Evin prison in Tehran overnight killed four inmates and left 61 others injured, the judicial authority said on its website Sunday.
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Indonesia Prison Fire Kills At Least 41 Inmates, Dozens Injured: Official
A fire tore through an Indonesian prison on Java island early Wednesday, killing 41 people and injuring dozens of others, an official said.
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At Least 30 Dead in Mexico Prison Riot: Reports
At least 30 people died in a pre-dawn prison riot in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey today, as smoke billowed from the building, local media reported.
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52 dead, 12 Injured In Riot At Northern Mexico Prison
A brutal fight between rival factions killed 52 inmates and injured 12 at a prison in northern Mexico on Thursday, the state governor said.
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Prison Fire Kills 17 in Venezuela
A fire at a prison in northern Venezuela has killed 17 people and injured another 11, prosecutors said on Monday.
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Mentally-Ill Patient Snatches Gun, Opens Fires Inside NIMHANS Hospital in Bengaluru
An alleged criminal taken for a psychiatric evaluation to a hospital in Bengaluru opened fire inside the premises today. The man was injured in the police firing that followed. He later succumbed to his injuries.
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Fire erupts at Israeli prison holding ex-president
Israel's prisons service says a fire has broken out at the facility where former President Moshe Katsav is serving time.
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13 inmates killed in Turkish prison fire
Inmates in a prison in southeast Turkey set beds and blankets alight, starting a fire that killed 13 prisoners, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other officials said Sunday. Erdogan said the fire affected a ward housing 18 inmates in the prison in the mainly-Kurdish city of Sanliurfa. He said some inmates set their bedding on fire following...
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358 inmates killed in world's deadliest prison fire ever in Honduras
A fire started by an inmate tore through an overcrowded prison in Honduras, burning and suffocating screaming men in their locked cells as rescuers desperately searched for keys. Officials confirmed 358 dead on Wednesday, making it the world's deadliest prison fire in a century. The local governor, who was once a prison employee, told reporters tha...
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10 deadliest prison fires in the world
The world has seen some really deadly prison fires with the death toll sometimes running into hundereds. The latest fire in Comayagua prison in Honduras is by far the deadliest fire in the world. Bur looking at some of the world's most lethal fires some disturbing facts emerge. Most of the fires (8 out of the 10 deadliest) is the last decade. Also ...
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More than 300 inmates killed in Honduras prison fire
Trapped inmates screamed from their cells as a fire swept through a Honduran prison, killing at least 300 inmates in one of the world's deadliest fires in decades, authorities said on Wednesday. Some 475 people escaped from the prison in the town of Comayagua and 356 are missing and presumed dead, said Hector Ivan Mejia, a spokesman for the Hondura...
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42 dead in Tunisia prison fire
A fire at a prison today in Monastir in eastern Tunisia killed at least 42 inmates, a hospital doctor said."Thirty-one bodies were taken to the morgue and another 11 have followed," Dr Ali Chatli, head of the forensic medicine department at Fatouma Bourguiba hospital at Monastir, 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of Tunis, told AFP.Chatli said the f...
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Chile prison fire kills at least 83
A fire set off by rioting inmates in a severely overcrowded prison killed at least 83 prisoners on Wednesday and seriously injured at least 14 others, firefighters said. Chileans nationwide could hear the screams of dying inmates in the background as a prisoner used an illegal cell phone to call state television for help.National prison police dire...
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Sixteen killed in Salvador prison fire
A fire broke out in a prison north of El Salvador's capital on Wednesday, killing at least 16 young inmates and injuring 27.Nine of the injured are listed in serious condition with burns, according to Mauricio Ventura, director of the Rosales Hospital in the capital, San Salvador.The prison in the city of Ilobasco held 93 inmates, mostly men who ha...
