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Now playing Next Brazil More beheadings in latest jail violence in Brazil Another prison uprising in Brazil has left four more people dead. 09/01/2017
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Now playing Next Brazil Brazil: decapitated bodies tossed over wall after drug gang prison massacre Around 60 people have been killed in a prison riot in Brazil in what officials say is the biggest prison massacre in the history of the state of Manaus. 02/01/2017
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Now playing Next Brazil Brazil: man kills 11 'including ex-wife and son' at New Year party A gunman has stormed a New Year’s party at a house in Brazil, killing eleven people including his ex-wife and eight-year-old son. 01/01/2017
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