Authorities gave the video of “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin’s fatal encounter with a stingray to his family and destroyed all copies to prevent the grisly footage from being made public, an Australian state coroner said today. Irwin, 44, died Sept. 4 after being stabbed in the chest by the stingray’s poisonous barb while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef off the Queensland coast.
Venezuela: 22 die in inmate riots
Fresh fighting between rival gangs in a Venezuelan jail left six inmates dead, raising the death toll in riots this week to 22, officials said Wednesday. The fighting broke out before dawn Tuesday as inmates armed with knives and guns battled for control of cell blocks in Uribana Prison in Barquisimeto. The initial fighting left 16 inmates dead and 13 injured. An Interior Ministry official said another six died in a “settling of scores,” after 25 inmates involved in the riot were transported to another prison.
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