Lebanon prisoners seize guards
Negotiations under way to secure wardens’ release after prison riots break out.
Published On 24 Apr 2008
The jail is made up of several buildings and is known to hold four senior security officials accused of having a role in the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister, as well as members of the armed group Fatah al-Islam.
However, the officials said neither the detained officers nor the Fatah al-Islam members were near where Thursday’s riots were taking place.
Source: Al Jazeera, News Agencies