11.   Television journalists who also were allowed into the prison Friday night broadcast footage showing heavily armed inmates, most of them masked.

12.   The inmates were armed with one revolver and several makeshift knives and iron bars, prison warden Decio Yamakura said.

13.   The truck owner said the inmates were armed with an assault rifle and three pistols, according to police reports.

14.   Their unions stressed that inmates were armed, mostly with utensils stolen from the kitchens.

15.   Their unions stressed that inmates were armed, mostly with weapons stolen from the kitchens.

16.   Their unions stressed inmates were armed, mostly with arms stolen from the kitchens.

17.   Kazan said some inmates were armed and accused left-wing leaders of trying to provoke police intervention and bloodshed.