At least nine inmates killed after riot over Covid-19 fears occurs at a prison in Peru with more than 600 confirmed cases
Video grab of inmates chanting in protest after a prison riot took place over fears of the new coronavirus at the Castro Castro prison in Lima on April 28, 2020.
Aside from the nine killed, 60 prison guards, five police officers and two inmates were wounded in the unrest, the National Penitentiary Institute said in a statement. On Tuesday, inmates at Lurigancho — the country's largest prison located north of Lima — staged a two-hour protest demanding protection against Covid-19.
The notoriously overcrowded Lurigancho was built to house 2,500 prisoners but is currently believed to have more than 10,000.Many of the fatalities in the Castro Castro riot were apparently shot after police were called in to help guards quell the unrest. The riot's objective, according to the authorities, was to "facilitate a mass breakout."The riot began after two inmates who contracted the novel coronavirus died on Sunday, INPE chief Gerson Villar said.
Anguished relatives gathered outside Castro Castro on Tuesday demanding news of their incarcerated loved ones.
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