Guyana prison riot over seized cell phones leaves 16 dead

[Wireless News]

By Neil Marks Georgetown (Reuters) - A major riot left 16 people dead in Guyana's overcrowded main prison after inmates were angered by the seizure of illicit cell phones, officials said on Thursday. The army, police and fire services are on site under the command of the superintendent of prisons. "We have a crisis on our hands ... as a result of several incidents that commenced at around 9:23 last night," Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said at a press conference in Georgetown. ...

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