Iraq jail riot: up to 50 inmates and 12 police killed as dozens escape

[alp227]

Source: The Guardian

Up to 50 prisoners and 12 police officers have been killed after a riot broke out in an Iraqi prison and dozens escaped, including several convicted terrorists.

The breakout at the prison in Al-Khalis, around 50 miles (80km) northeast of Baghdad, reportedly began when convicts disarmed a warden who had gone to break up a fight, killed the warden, then seized control of the armoury.

Officials said 14 police officers were wounded during both the violence on Friday and an overnight manhunt for the fugitives, Associate Press reported. Among the prisoners were about 300 terrorists.

Terrorism cases in Iraq are mainly linked to Islamist militants, including those associated with the Islamic State insurgency, which Iraqi military and irregular forces are fighting to remove from parts of the country.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/09/iraq-jail-riot-leaves-up-to-50-prisoners-12-police-dead-escape-terrorists

[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. I hate the term "terrorist"....

It makes it sound like any clown playing dressup had something to do with 9/11.

[JonLP24]

2. Iraq came with anti-terrorism laws

starting with Al-Maliki led to liberal use of them on Sunni civilians which allow for indefinite detention. Torture & so many things. Beneficial to their recruiting drives, locking them up with radicals on unjust conditions.