BANGKOK: Inmates burned down two buildings at a southern Thai jail during a six-hour riot that left three prisoners dead and several officials injured, authorities said Saturday.

The mutiny broke out Friday afternoon when nearly 100 prisoners in southern Pattani province set fire to the jail's cooking quarters, according to a military spokesman.

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