Three Prisoners beheaded in Brazil jail riot

Three prisoners have been beheaded and at least five others injured in riots that erupted in a southern Brazilian prison last night. 

Authorities say inmates of the prison in the city of Cascavel took two agents and several other inmates hostage in the unrest. 

Prisoners set some objects on fire and were using metal poles to cause damage to the 928-bed prison that housed more than a thousand inmates. 

Authorities report that three unidentified men were decapitated. 

The revolt began when a prison guard was captured during breakfast. 

Dozens of the prisoners climbed onto the building's rooftop, with their faces covered with white fabric.  

Local media images showed at least 30 rebellious inmates shouting while they beat up men held with ropes around their necks, or whose hands were tied behind them. 

BBC