A prison riot erupted in northern Iraq, but the situation was brought under control on Saturday, the U.S. military said. One prisoner was killed while trying to escape, according to AP. The melee broke out late Thursday after American troops had surrounded the Badoosh prison complex outside Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, as Iraqi guards were preparing to move inmates into the isolation unit before they were to be transferred. Iraqi guards killed one inmate who was trying to escape from the prison yard and wounded two others inside the prison, the U.S. military said in a statement. The riot involved nearly 65 inmates and was brought under control by 1 a.m. Saturday, according to a statement. «Conditions have returned to normal at the prison and all prisoners are accounted for and secured,» it said. «Internal damages to the cell block area are still being assessed.» The U.S. military said American troops did not fire any rounds during the disturbance and no U.S. or Iraqi troops were wounded.
