SEVEN PRISONERS WERE KILLED IN GEORGIA ON MONDAY WHEN POLICE USED FIREARMS TO PUT DOWN A RIOT BY INMATES TRYING TO BREAK OUT OF A JAIL IN THE CAPITAL, THE JUSTICE MINISTRY SAID, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. 'OUR INFORMATION IS THAT SEVEN PEOPLE DIED IN TOTAL. ALL THE DEAD ARE PRISONERS. TWO OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED,' SAID TAMARA MCHEDLISHVILI, SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE JUSTICE MINISTRY. GUNFIRE COULD BE HEARD OVERNIGHT AT TBILISI'S PRISON NO. 5, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE GEORGIAN CAPITAL, AFTER POLICE IN RIOT GEAR WERE SENT IN. SOME PRISONERS SET FIRE TO THEIR BED SHEETS AND THE FLAMES COULD BE SEEN FROM THE BARRED WINDOWS. OFFICIALS SAID ORDER HAD BEEN RESTORED AT THE PRISON. THE JUSTICE MINISTRY SAID 20 INMATES AND 12 POLICE OFFICERS WERE INJURED.
