Indonesian inmates retake prison
- Published: 23/02/2012 at 03:32 AM
- Online news: Asia
Inmates at an Indonesian prison in Bali, which holds 12 Australian drug mules and other offenders, took over the jail again after a second night of riots Wednesday, a military official said.
Indonesian soldiers line up outside the Kerobokan prison in Denpasar on the resort island of Bali. Inmates at an Indonesian prison on Bali island, which holds 12 Australian drug mules and other offenders, took over the jail again after a second night of riots Wednesday, an AFP reporter said.
Some 400 heavily armed police and military forces were gathered outside the overcrowded Kerobokan prison, which holds some 1,000 inmates, including 12 Australians convicted of drug smuggling.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
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