At least 18 killed in Baghdad jail fight; official
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At least 18 killed in Baghdad jail fight; official
Updated at: 1405 PST, Sunday, May 08, 2011
BAGHDAD: At least 18 people were killed in fighting between security officers and prisoners at an Iraqi Interior Ministry jail complex in Baghdad on Sunday, a security official said.
The dead included an al Qaeda leader known as the "Emir of Baghdad" who planned an attack on a Catholic Church last October in which more than 50 people died, said Major-General Qassimal-Moussawi, Baghdad's security spokesman.
The skirmish at a counter-terrorism unit in Baghdad's central Karrada district began when a prisoner grabbed a gun from a guard, killed several guards and Interior Ministry officers, and gave a weapon to other inmates, Moussawi said.
"Security forces and guards responded to the jail of the counter-terrorism department and killed 11 terrorist-prisoners... including Huthaifa al-Batawi, the Emir of Baghdad, who was in-charge of planning the church attack," Moussawi said.
Moussawi said seven security officers were killed in the skirmish and one other was wounded. Batawi was arrested along with 11 others in late November in connection with the Oct. 31 assault on Our Lady of Salvation church during Sunday mass.
Moussawi said the situation at the jail was under control and no prisoners had escaped. Iraqi security forces have been on high alert for revenge attacks by al Qaeda since U.S. commandos killed the group's leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on Monday.
BAGHDAD: At least 18 people were killed in fighting between security officers and prisoners at an Iraqi Interior Ministry jail complex in Baghdad on Sunday, a security official said.
The dead included an al Qaeda leader known as the "Emir of Baghdad" who planned an attack on a Catholic Church last October in which more than 50 people died, said Major-General Qassimal-Moussawi, Baghdad's security spokesman.
The skirmish at a counter-terrorism unit in Baghdad's central Karrada district began when a prisoner grabbed a gun from a guard, killed several guards and Interior Ministry officers, and gave a weapon to other inmates, Moussawi said.
"Security forces and guards responded to the jail of the counter-terrorism department and killed 11 terrorist-prisoners... including Huthaifa al-Batawi, the Emir of Baghdad, who was in-charge of planning the church attack," Moussawi said.
Moussawi said seven security officers were killed in the skirmish and one other was wounded. Batawi was arrested along with 11 others in late November in connection with the Oct. 31 assault on Our Lady of Salvation church during Sunday mass.
Moussawi said the situation at the jail was under control and no prisoners had escaped. Iraqi security forces have been on high alert for revenge attacks by al Qaeda since U.S. commandos killed the group's leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on Monday.
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