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| Prisoners kill 3 policemen in Jawzjan | |
| 2015-03-09 | |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] Three coppers have been killed by the prisoners in northern Jawzjan province. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani, police chief of Jawzjan province while confirming the report told Khaama Press that the incident took place during an inspection. He said a delegation visited the prison for inspection but the prisoners believed the delegation is taking them to Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul and attacked the delegation. He said three coppers were killed during the attack and a number of the prisoners were maimed.
The inmates attacked the police as they were conducting a search for knives, cellphones and other contraband in a prison in Shibirghan, the capital of Jawzjan, provincial police chief Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani told Agence La Belle France Presse. "They first took three officers hostage and later killed two of them and mutilated their bodies," he said. "They burned the third officer alive. He was taken to the hospital with around 75 percent of burns on his body and is in a very critical condition," Jawzjani said, adding that five officers were maimed trying to rescue their colleagues. He said one prisoner was also killed and 15 were maimed after the prisoners tried to escape the compound. Abdulhai Hayat, the head of Jawzjan's provincial council confirmed the details of the incident, and added that the local council and elders intervened to bring the crisis to an end. "The situation is now calm, but the prisoners are on hunger strike," he said. The prison compound holds around 800 inmates, both criminals and the Taliban from both Jawzjan and neighboring Sari Pul provinces. | |
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