Death toll in Bolivia prison clash rises to 31

The death toll from a Bolivia prison battle has risen to 31 after an inmate died in a hospital.

Police and medical officials say the latest death occurred today. Most victims of the yesterday's battle among rival gangs were inmates, but a one and a half year-old toddler died along with his father. Bolivian law allows children 6 and younger to stay with their parents in prison.

Another 60 people were injured in the clash at Palmasola maximum-security prison outside the regional capital of Santa Cruz. Authorities say inmates in one cell block attacked a neighbouring cell block with knives, machetes and canisters of gas.
 

Jorge Perez, a government vice minister, says the bodies are being taken today to a hospital morgue to undergo autopsies and be identified.