From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Wed Jun 16 2010 - 08:56:51 EDT
Last updated: 09:47:55 PM GMT(+03) Tuesday, 15, June, 2010
7 Guards, 6 Inmates Injured in Hodeida Jail Riot
* Yemen Post Staff
At least seven soldiers and six prisoners were injured in the riot that
broke out at the Central Prison in Yemen's western Hodeida Province on
Monday.
Security sources told the Alsahwa website that more than 435 African inmates
battled the guards of the jail when they tried to escape.
Some were seriously injured and taken to hospitals, the sources said.
The clashes were violent but the jail administration controlled the
situation and is now investigating those involved in them, they added.
Independent sources said that the African inmates battled the guards
fiercely in protest at ignoring their demand which was to deport them to
their African countries.
The sources said the inmates started a hunger strike a month ago protesting
their detention and urging to deport them.
The jail is home to 435 Africans including 208 Ethiopians, 153 Eritreans, 38
Nigerians, 30 from Niger and 5 Sudanese, Chadians, a Malian and a
Djiboutian. Most of them were arrested at Yemeni coasts after they illegally
entered the country.
Yemen Post Staff
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