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Another bloodbath in Honduran prison leaves 18 dead
By DPA
May 4, 2008, 1:45 GMT

Tegucigalpa, Honduras - At least 18 people were killed in fighting between feuding gangs in a prison in Honduras, a spokesman for the Honduran police reported Saturday.

The clash took place in a prison in the city of Tamara, around 30 kilometres north of the capital Tegucigalpa. No further information was available.

On April 27, eight inmates were were slain in a shootout between gangs inside a prison in San Pedro Sula, 250 kilometres north Tegucigalpa.

Honduras' prisons are considered hopelessly overcrowded.