At least 33 inmates have been killed in a riot at a prison in northern Brazil.
The governor of Monte Cristo prison in Boa Vista said two rival gangs were involved in violent clashes overnight, adding special forces had been deployed and order restored at the jail.
Uziel de Castro, the head of security for Roraima state, blamed Friday's violence on the Sao Paulo-based First Capital Command (PCC) drug gang, the Estado de S.Paulo newspaper reported.
It is the second major jail disturbance in the country this week.
Some 56 inmates were killed during a fight at a prison in the city of Manaus, in Amazonas state, at the weekend.
The riot at the Anisio Jobim jail was also sparked by a fight between rival drug gangs on Sunday afternoon, and was quelled on Monday morning.
Most of the dead belonged to the PCC - Brazil's most powerful drug gang - and were killed by members of the North Family, which is believed to dominate the traffic of cocaine from Colombia and Peru to the region.
The decapitated bodies of some of those killed were reportedly thrown over the prison wall.
Inmates exchanged fire with police and 12 prison guards were taken hostage.
Some 74 prisoners held hostage were either executed or released.
The North Family is widely believed to be attacking PCC inmates on the orders of the Rio de Janeiro-based Red Command, Brazil's second largest drug gang.
It is believed gangs are fighting for control of drug routes in northern Brazil, which borders Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and The Guianas.
The Monte Cristo prison has a capacity for 750 inmates, however, currently 1,475 prisoners are detained there.
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