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Publish date3 May 2016 - 10:49
Story Code : 230177

Inmates in Syria jail revolt, seize guards

Syrian forces surrounded Hama jail in west of the country as prisoners revolted taking guards as hostages, reported a monitoring group.
Inmates in Syria jail revolt, seize guards
The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said prisoners were protesting on Monday against a planned transfer of five inmates from Hama to the Sednaya military prison in the capital Damascus.

Following the incident, a militant group operating near Hama said it was ready to shell government forces in the neighboring towns, the British-based observatory reported.

The so-called Ajnad al-Sham group said the prisoners had called on the militant group to "break the siege" by government troops.

Meanwhile, an official with Syria’s Interior Ministry denied "reports from some media about Hama central prison," state news agency SANA said.

Syria has been grappling with a deadly foreign-backed militancy for over five years. According to a February report by the Syrian Center for Policy Research, the conflict has claimed the lives of over 470,000 people, injured 1.9 million others, and displaced nearly half of the pre-war population of about 23 million within or beyond Syria’s borders.

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