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50 dead
in Tunisian prison fire, escape attempt
Sunday January 16, 2011 11:34:25 AM,
DPA
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Tunis/Paris: At least
50 people were killed Saturday in a Tunisian prison fire or by
jail guards shooting at prisoners seeking to escape the flames,
medical sources and eyewitnesses said.
Medical sources told DPA that the number of dead was around 50 in
the prison inferno in the Tunisian coastal city of Monastir.
The blaze apparently started when prison inmates began setting
their mattresses on fire, with the flames quickly spreading
through the facility.
Then, according to eyewitness accounts, prisoners seeking to
escape were shot dead by prison guards, claiming several lives.
Further details were not immediately available. The prison fire
was one of the latest cases of arson in Tunisia's plunge into
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