At least 51 killed in Colombia prison riot
Xinhua News Agency, Caracas, June 28 (Reporter Wang Ying Xu Ye) Bogota news: A riot broke out in a prison in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua in the early morning of the 28th and caused a serious fire, killing at least 51 people and injuring 30 others.
Castellanos, director of Colombia's National Institute of Prisons and Prisons, told the media that the riot took place in the prison's block 8, with a total of 180 inmates.
At least 51 people were killed, many of them from smoke inhalation, as prison guards controlled the unrest when mattresses were set on fire.
Another 30 people, including prison guards, were injured.
At present, the fire has been put out, the situation in the prison has been brought under control, and the identity of the victims is being confirmed.
Colombian President Duque issued a statement on social media that day, expressing condolences to the victims and their families, and saying that he has ordered the relevant departments to thoroughly investigate the cause of the accident as soon as possible.