巴西监狱冲突中至少52人死亡

At least 52 people were killed after a prison clash in Brazil's northern state of Para on Monday, officials said.

官员们说，周一在巴西北部帕拉州发生的一场监狱冲突中，至少52人丧生。

According to the state's Superintendency of the Penitentiary System (Susipe), the incident occurred at the Altamira Regional Recovery Center.

据国家监狱系统监管局(Susipe)称，事故发生在阿尔塔米拉地区康复中心。

The prisoners set fire to the premises, so that several of the detainees died of suffocation.

囚犯们放火烧毁了房屋，以致有几名囚犯窒息而死。

Of the 52 prisoners who died, at least 16 were decapitated, according to Susipe. Two prison officers who were taken hostage were freed later.

据当局表示，在52名死亡的囚犯中，至少有16人被斩首。两名被扣为人质的狱警后来获释。