11.   The fight continued for nearly an hour before police invaded the prison and separated the battling groups.

12.   The hostages are being held in a cell surrounded by canisters of cooking gas, and the inmates say they will explode them if the police invade.

13.   The hostages are surrounded with canisters of cooking gas, which the inmates say they will explode if police invade.

14.   The hostages at Aparecida de Goiana are being held in a cell surrounded by canisters of cooking gas that the inmates say they will explode if police invade.

15.   The hostages were in a cell surrounded by canisters of cooking gas, which the inmates threatened to explode if police invade.

16.   The prisoners locked their captives in a cell with canisters of cooking gas, which they threatened to explode if police invaded.

17.   The others were locked in a cell with canisters of cooking gas, which the prisoners threatened to explode if police invaded.

18.   The others were locked in a cell with canister of cooking gas, which the prisoners threatened to blow up if police invaded.

19.   OAU sources said that Ethiopian police invaded the building to search for the fugitives.