Six killed in attack on U.S. prison in Iraq

[Joanne98]

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, June 9 (Reuters) - Six civilian detainees were killed and at least 50 wounded when rockets or mortars were fired into the U.S.-run Camp Bucca prison in southern Iraq on Saturday, the U.S. military said.

Military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Garver said the attack involved an unspecified number of mortar rounds or rockets fired into the prison. He gave no further details.

U.S.-run detention camps, such as the former Abu Ghraib prison in western Baghdad, have been attacked by insurgents in the past, but such attacks are rare.

About 16,000 detainees are held in Camp Bucca and Camp Cropper near Baghdad.



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The Iraqi people do not want US prisons in their country.