9 Injured after Fatah al-Islam Inmates Take Hostages in Roumieh
Two security personnel and seven inmates were injured after Fatah al-Islam prisoners took several soldiers hostage during a mutiny that lasted a few hours at Roumieh prison, media reports said.
A high-ranking source told Voice of Lebanon radio station (93.3) that the riot started at the 3rd floor of bloc B with a dispute over a decision to make changes in the responsibilities of soldiers and during routine prison search.
The wounded security personnel were identified as Toufiq Nasser and Hussein Ali Jaber.
The hostages were freed after an operation carried out by an Internal Security Forces special Panthers unit and a Rapid Intervention squad.
Meanwhile, the families of inmates held a sit-in outside the mosque of the Bekaa town of Majdal Anjar to protest the injury of the prisoners, the National News Agency reported.
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