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Coronavirus rumors alleged to have set off Thai prison riot

| March 29, 2020 9:03 AM

BANGKOK (AP) — Officials in Thailand say a riot at a prison in a northeastern province was set off when inmates plotting to escape spread false rumors that several prisoners were infected with the coronavirus.

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