Blade runner

Tuesday 22 October 1996 23:02 BST
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Blade runner: An inmate of a Venezuelan jail brandishes a knife after a fire which killed about 30 prisoners the night before. The blaze, at La Planta, south-western Caracas,

apparently started when guards locked a group of prisoners in their cells and threw in gas canisters Photograph: Carlos Hernandez/Reuter

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