Police Commandos End Riots in Roumieh’s Bloc B

Police commandos ended the riots that erupted at Bloc B at Roumieh prison Friday morning when security forces attempted to carry out an inspection of the prisoners.

The security forces began the inspection after one of the inmates threatened a doctor with a knife if the latter refused to take him to hospital, even though he was in no urgent medical condition.

The security forces had enlisted the service of a number of doctors to work at Roumieh prison after the riots that broke out at the jail earlier this year.

This has increased the number of doctors at the jail from one to six.

A number of doctors requested to be relieved of their duties soon after this morning’s unrest.

Upon the start of this morning’s inspection, a number of Bloc B inmates began rioting and resisting the security forces.

The police commandos intervened to put an end to the violence in order to complete the inspection and get rid of all forbidden material from the cells.

The inspection is expected to end Friday night.