Jail mutineers suffocate in cell
Monday 30 August 1999 23:02 BST
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Jail mutineers suffocate in cell
AT LEAST 20 prisoners suspected of leading a mutiny in a Niger jail last week suffocated to death after being crowded into a special security cell, judiciary sources said yesterday. The incident happened in the West African country's capital, Niamey. Some sources said the dead could number up to 30.
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