A multi-faith service in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo is marking the 20th anniversary of a notorious prison massacre. One hundred and eleven inmates">inmates were killed by riot police who entered the Carandiru jail in central Sao Paulo to put an end to a riot in 1992. Relatives and human rights activists are demanding justice, saying the unarmed

inmates

were shot at point-blank range. The police say they acted within the law. No one has been found guilty over the killings.

The Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah has confirmed the death of one of its military commanders as well as several other fighters amid reports that they were killed in Syria. Jim Muir reports from Beirut.

Ali Hussein Nassif, described by Hezbollah as one of its commanders was given a big funeral at the city of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon, attended by many senior Hezbollah figures. The funeral of another of the movement's fighters Zine al-Abideen Mustafa, also in Baalbek, was shown on Hezbollah's television station Al-Manar. It said both men had died while carrying out their jihadi duties. Ali Nassif has been described as the commander of Hezbollah forces in Syria but there's no confirmation of that, none were reports that he and several of his men were killed in an

ambush

by Free Syrian Army Rebels inside Syria.

World news from the BBC.

A retired Indian general who was

stabbed

in central London on Sunday night has told the BBC that he believes the attempt on his life was a hate crime carried out by Sikh extremists. Lieutenant Kuldeep Singh Brar once carried out a high-profile operation against Sikh militants. He says he and wife were attacked by four bearded men of south Asian origin.