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Fighting at Afghan prison

KABUL: Police fired at inmates trying to push down a gate at Kabul's main jail as about 2,000 prisoners resumed rioting on Tuesday after a 24-hour pause in violence. One inmate was killed and three injured, police said. The fighting restarted after negotiations broke down, said a police commander in the prison. He said authorities had urged the prisoners to move into a different wing but the inmates refused. The death brings to five the number of persons killed since the uprising started late Saturday. Some 41 have been hurt. The Policharki Prison was built in the 1970s and is notorious for harsh and crowded conditions. Violence erupted late on Saturday after prisoners refused to put on new uniforms.

— AP

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