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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Prison guard wounded after Hamas-linked inmate douses him with scalding water
2018-05-03
[Ynet] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, security prisoner sentenced to 30 years in jail for attempted murder moderately wounds warder at the Eshel Prison during cell inspection; inmate transferred to solitary confinement, prison guard taken for treatment at Soroka Medical Center.

A warder at the Eshel Prison in Be'er Sheva was moderately maimed Wednesday afternoon after being attacked by a security prisoner affiliated with Hamas.

It was reported that the prisoner, a 53-year-old former resident of east Jerusalem who had already spent four years in the prison out of 30 he was sentenced to for attempted murder, poured boiling water over the prison guard, wo suffered burns all over his body as a result.

The prsioner was immediately tackled and subdued by several other guards and transferred to solitary confinement.

A front man for the prison said the incident occurred while its guards were carrying out an inspection.

The maimed warder was treated at the site and taken for further treatment at the Soroka Medical Center in the city.

The prison stated that the incident is being investigated investigated and that necessary steps would be taken against the prisoner.
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