Monitoring Desk
VALENCIA: At least 68 people were killed after a fire and riot broke out in the cells of a Venezuelan police station in the central city on Wednesday.
According to the government officials told that they are investigating the incident.
Chief Prosecutor Tarek William Saab said that the State Prosecutor’s Office guarantees to deepen investigations to immediately clarify what happened in these painful events that have left dozens of Venezuelan families in mourning.
Venezuelan prisons are notoriously overcrowded and filled with weapons and drugs. Riots leaving dozens dead are not uncommon.
