Sao Paulo:
Three inmates seized 12 people hostage on Saturday during a prison mutiny in central Brazil, media reports said.
The group was being held in the infirmary of the jail in Aparecida de Goiania, a town of around 500,000 people in the central state of Goias, the G1 news website said.
Local police and prison officials could not be reached for comment.
The mutineers seized a weapon and subdued a security guard but their demands were not known, according to G1.
It identified the hostages as a prison warden, three nurses and eight prisoners who were being treated in the infirmary.
Police rushed to the scene and negotiations were under way, G1 added.
The group was being held in the infirmary of the jail in Aparecida de Goiania, a town of around 500,000 people in the central state of Goias, the G1 news website said.
Local police and prison officials could not be reached for comment.
The mutineers seized a weapon and subdued a security guard but their demands were not known, according to G1.
It identified the hostages as a prison warden, three nurses and eight prisoners who were being treated in the infirmary.
Police rushed to the scene and negotiations were under way, G1 added.
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