Reply #4: Twenty detainees gunned down in Baghdad's military detention

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Twenty detainees gunned down in Baghdad's military detention

Iraqi soldiers opened fire at a group of detainees in Baghdad's Iraqi army detention on Wednesday following an apparent escape attempt, killing 20 detainees and an army officer, a police source said.

"Iraqi soldiers allowed dozens of detainees to an open area in al-Adalah detention in Kadhumiyah district in northern Baghdad. One of the detainees took a rifle of one of the guards and opened fire at the guards," a police source told Xinhua.

"The detainee killed an army officer and wounded two guards, which prompted other guards to open fire randomly at the detainees and killed up to 20 of them," the source added.

The military facility of Kadhumiyah was one of Saddam Hussein's headquarters of the military intelligence.

http://english.people.com.cn/200512/28/eng20051228_231409.html

Iraq inmate kills eight in escape attempt
By Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press Writer | December 28, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq --An inmate in a Baghdad prison grabbed an assault rifle from a guard Wednesday and opened fire, killing eight people, the Interior Ministry said. One American soldier was injured in the attempted prison break, the U.S. military said.

The prisoner fired indiscriminately after grabbing an AK-47, killing four guards and four inmates, said Iraqi army Brig. Gen. Jalil al-Mehamadawi. The Interior Ministry said one guard and three prisoners were wounded.

The U.S. military's account was slightly different. A statement by Sgt. Keith Robinson said "it was reported that 16 prisoners attempted to escape the facility after first storming the armory and obtaining an undetermined number of weapons."

Robinson said in addition to the eight deaths that one U.S. soldier and five prisoners were injured.

Guards overtook the gunman and restrained him, al-Mehamadawi said. The prison was a Justice Ministry facility that also housed foreigners, officials said.

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