One dead and several injured in prison riot in Paraguay

Local press reports that one inmate died, and two prisoners and three guards were injured in the Paraguayan prison of Concepción (center).

According to local radio station Monumental on Twitter, prison officials were taken hostage, and a group of inmates overran a guard post and stole cartridges from there.

They also took the weapons from the correctional officers, adding that no escape was recorded.

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