Riot, Fire Break Out at Siberian Prison

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Riot, Fire Break Out at Siberian Prison
By AFP   

A prison in Siberia reported disturbances at a high-security penal colony. Siberia Without Torture Fund/TASS

A prison in Siberia reported disturbances at a high-security penal colony Friday, while local campaigners called the incident a full-blown riot and posted images of fire on the premises.

Russia's penal service said inmates at the No 15 penal colony in Angarsk "attacked a guard" while others cut themselves with glass from broken surveillance cameras.

The service said the guard was hospitalised and the mutiny, which broke out on Thursday, was under control, while investigators opened a probe on charges of disrupting prison work.

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