Inmates detained several security forces menbers in a mutiny at Roumieh central prison on Monday afternoon. A special force was called in to control the situation.
It was reported that riot police stormed the convicts’ building in Roumieh prison, in order to quell a prisoner uprising.
Al-Jadeed TV channel said “an uprising and unrest inside Roumieh prison was reported” and that as a result, “clouds of smoke were seen billowing outside the prison.”
