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2 Beheaded, Another Thrown From Roof In Bloody Brazilian Prison Riot (PHOTOS)

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Two prisoners were beheaded and at least another one died after being thrown off the roof in a riot that erupted Sunday, August 24, 2014 in a prison in southern Brazil, authorities said.

Inmates of the penitentiary in the city of Cascavel took at least two agents and several other inmates hostage in the uprising, said military police Capt. Ricardo Pinto.

He said negotiations for better conditions in the prison were still under way 12 hours later.

Prisoners set some objects on fire and were using metal poles to cause damage to the 928-bed prison that housed more than 1,000 inmates at the time.

Inmates rioting for better facilities in a Brazilian jail killed four fellow prisoners, decapitating two of them, and took two guards hostage, officials have said
Inmates rioting for better facilities in a Brazilian jail killed four fellow prisoners, decapitating two of them, and took two guards hostage, officials have said [Photo Credit: AFP/getty Images]

Inmates of the penitentiary in the city of Cascavel took at least two agents and several other inmates hostage in the uprising, said military police Capt. Ricardo Pinto
Inmates of the penitentiary in the city of Cascavel took at least two agents and several other inmates hostage in the uprising, said military police Capt. Ricardo Pinto [Photo credit: AFP/Getty images]

Riot: Police in Brazil say rioters in a jail in the southern city of Cascavel have killed three fellow inmates and injured several others as part of a violent push for better conditions. Pictured here is a nearby prison in Parana
Riot: Police in Brazil say rioters in a jail in the southern city of Cascavel have killed three fellow inmates and injured several others as part of a violent push for better conditions. Pictured here is a nearby prison in Parana [Photo Credit: X01226]

The three men were not identified.

The revolt began before sunrise when a prison guard was captured during breakfast, Pinto said.

Dozens of the prisoners climbed onto the building’s rooftop, with their faces covered with white fabric.

Local media images showed at least 30 rebellious inmates shouting while they beat men held with ropes around their necks, or whose hands were tied behind them.

The revolt began before sunrise when a prison guard was captured during breakfast
The revolt began before sunrise when a prison guard was captured during breakfast [Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images]

Relatives arriving at the prison to visit inmates waited outside as night fell, trying to get information about their loved ones.

Ferreira said the prisoners rioted to demand better food and medical care in the prison.

Police Capt. Pinto said the revolt may also have been related to the recent convictions of two prisoners.

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