Six inmates protesting against coronavirus containment measures at a northern Italian prison have died after they broke into the infirmary and overdosed on methadone, police have said.
The protest on Sunday in Modena was among the first of more than two dozen riots at Italy's overcrowded lock-ups that grew on Monday.
Italy is at the centre of the worst coronavirus outbreak in Europe. Sp far 463 have died in the country while 9,172 people have tested positive for Covid-19.Human rights advocates have been warning that increasing tensions over fears of coronavirus were hitting inmates particularly hard, especially after restrictions were imposed on family visits to prevent transmissions.
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