Clashes at two Ecuador prisons leave eight inmates dead, 10 injured

Eight inmates were killed in clashes at two prisons in Ecuador on Thursday. Ten others were injured in the violence.

According to prison officials, four people died at Cotopaxi prison and another four died at Pichincha prison.

Officials said all those killed in the clashes at both prisons were inmates. Further details about the condition of the injured have not yet been made public.

A total of eight people lost their lives in the clashes that occurred at the two separate prisons on the same day.