1. Inmates were well armed, with metal yanked from mops and radiators, plexiglass from light fixtures and bits of razor blades melted into the handles of toothbrushes. 2. Police Commander Julio Maldonado said the inmates were armed with pipes, sticks, rocks and other improvised weapons. 3. Police said the inmates were armed with pipes, sticks, rocks and other improvised weapons. 4. According to riot trooper commander, Lt. Col. Luiz Cesar Melo, the inmates were armed with makeshift clubs and knives and at least three firearms. 5. Arm inmates with rifles and bullets, and send them out hunting. 6. Arm inmates with rifles and send them out hunting. 7. Cruz said the inmates were armed with glass bottles. 8. He said the inmates were not armed. 9. Inmates armed with Molotov cocktails, stones, knives and clubs then fought with police mobilized to subdue them, Chaiyaporn said. 10. One inmate was armed with a hypodermic needle filled with his blood. |