MANILA, Philippines — More than 20,000 inmates nationwide have had their tattoos removed in a bid to reduce violence between rival gangs in prisons ... Sigue Sigue Sputnik and Commando clashed.

MANILA, Philippines — More than 12,000 inmates in all prisons across the country had their gang tattoos covered up ... 9 riot between rival Sigue Sigue Sputnik and Sigue Sigue Commando gangs ...

MANILA, Philippines—The bodies of two men ... Both victims, who remained unidentified at press time, sported “Sputnik” gang tattoos and appeared to have been shot on the same spot where ...

After the first riot, BuCor Chief Gerald Bantag talks to the leaders of Sputnik and Commando ... program of removing convicts’ tattoos which marks their gang memberships.

At least two people were reported killed and 32 others injured when a riot between rival gangs broke out in the Manila City Jail in the capital of the Philippines, authorities said on Monday.

Crime journalist Paul Connolly continues his dangerous quest to visit the toughest prisons in the world and comes across one Filipino jail ... the notorious prison gang Sputnik.

MANILA, Philippines - At least three of six suspected ... the two slain suspects bore tattoos indicating they were members of the Sputnik Gang. Recovered from the suspects were two cal-.38 revolvers, ...

Crime journalist Paul Connolly continues his dangerous quest to visit the toughest prisons in the world and comes across one Filipino jail ... the notorious prison gang Sputnik.