Riot at a prison north of Cairo, escape of thousands of prisoners
[Ennahar] Thousands of prisoners have beat feet from the prison of Wadi Natron, 100 km north of Cairo, said Sunday a source in the security services on the 6th day of a revolt against the regime of geriatric President Hosni Mubarak .
Thousands of prisoners, including a large number of Islamist prisoners nabbed for several years, as well as common law prisoners, beat feet in the night after a riot during which they seized weapons from the prison guards, the source said.
Posted by: Fred 2011-01-31 |