Inmates burnt down two buildings at a southern Thai jail during a six-hour riot that left three prisoners dead and several officials injured, authorities said on Saturday.
At least two people have been burned to death in Zambia during riots targeting Rwandan-owned shops over allegations that foreigners were behind a string of ritual killings, police said Wednesday.
Dozens of people were killed in a prison riot in the northeastern Mexican city of Monterrey early on Thursday, local media reported, just days ahead of a planned visit by Pope Francis to another prison in Mexicos far north.
Scores of police officers were hurt yesterday when a riot erupted in Hong Kong over official attempts to move illegal hawkers, in the most serious violence the city has seen since mass pro-democracy protests in 2014.
Baton-wielding Hong Kong police fired warning shots and pepper sprayafter a riot erupted when officials tried to shift illegal hawkers, the worst clashes since pro-democracy protests in 2014.
