CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela‘s chief prosecutor says five police officials are suspected of being responsible for a fire that killed 68 people.
Tarek William Saab wrote on Twitter Saturday the officials have been detained but provided no further details.
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The detained officials include the sub-director of the police station where the fire took place.
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A fire tore through the cells of a police station jail in the city of Valencia on Wednesday in one of the nation’s most devastating jail fires.
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Relatives and human rights advocates have been pressing the government to provide a full account of what happened.
Some family members of those killed have said their loved ones called before the fire and said their jailers were pouring gas in the cellblock.
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