{"id":28442,"date":"2020-08-24T11:20:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T11:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=28442"},"modified":"2020-08-24T11:20:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T11:20:56","slug":"20-inmates-killed-several-others-injured-in-madagascar-prison-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=28442","title":{"rendered":"20 inmates killed, several others injured in Madagascar prison riot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Policeman-outside-the-Farafangana-prison-in-Madagascar.jpeg\" alt=\"20 inmates killed, several others injured in Madagascar prison riot\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tragedy struck at the prison in Farafagana in Madagascar at around 12:00 local time (09:00 GMT) when no fewer than 20 inmates were killed and several others injured when a deadly riot broke out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The justice ministry in a statement on Sunday said that authorities attempted to stop a riot in a prison in the south of the island after inmates split into two groups and attacked guards with stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>20 inmates were shot dead and eight\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/uzodinma-grants-pardon-to-36-prisoners-in-imo\/\">prisoners<\/a>\u00a0were seriously injured as the authorities tried to regain control while twenty-nine others were also recaptured, but by 16:00 local time 31 inmates were still free, according to the justice ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not clear how the violence began but in 2018 Amnesty International reported that Madagascar\u2019s prisons were \u201cdilapidated, ill-equipped, with [a] lack of financial, material and general support\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world\/africa\">The report<\/a>&nbsp;by Amnesty International also highlighted how people can spend years in pre-trial detention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tragedy struck at the prison in Farafagana in Madagascar at around 12:00 local time (09:00 GMT) when no fewer than 20 inmates were killed and several others injured when a deadly riot broke out. 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