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2020-10-30 Afghanistan

Eight Killed in Herat Prison Riot: Official

[ToloNews] At least eight prisoners were killed and 12 more were maimed in Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
prison riot that started on Wednesday evening, health officials said on Thursday.

The riot started after police began clearing some partitions created by prisoners in Block 5 of Herat Prison, said Mohammad Rafiq Shirzai, front man for provincial public health directorate.

The maimed were taken to Herat hospital, he said.

Jailani Farhad, a front man for provincial governor said the situation is under police control.

Source said that the prisoners have torched Block 5 and that the riot continued until midnight.

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