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| Two inmates killed in Abu Ghraib riot, U.S. military says |
| By Reuters |
| Published: 08/19/2004 |
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Two prisoners were killed and five wounded on Wednesday when a fight broke out among hundreds of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, the U.S. military said. A statement issued by the U.S. Central Command did not make clear how the prisoners died, but said that "lethal force" was used by U.S. troops to bring the early-morning disturbance under control. Abu Ghraib prison has been at the center of a scandal in which the U.S. military abused and sexually humiliated Iraqi prisoners. That abuse sparked international condemnation and fury in the Arab world. "The altercation among the detainees broke out at about 5:45 a.m., when guards observed a large group of security detainees attacking another detainee, using rocks and tent poles," the Central Command release said. "Guards attempted to intervene with verbal warnings, but the situation continued to escalate and the number of detainees involved swelled to over 200, resulting in the use of non-lethal rounds to disperse the group," according to the statement from the command's headquarters in Tampa, Florida. "When this failed to quell the situation and it was determined that a detainee's life was still at risk, lethal force was authorized, and the situation was brought under control." Central Command said that medical assistance was immediately provided at the prison's hospital and that circumstances of the incident were under investigation. |
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