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Policeman Killed, Inmates Freed in Attack on Bahrain Prison

by Reuters

   MUSCAT --

   Armed men attacked a prison in Bahrain on Sunday, freeing several
   convicts and killing a policeman, the Interior Ministry said.

   "An armed attack on the Jau reform and rehabilitation center resulted
   in the death of policeman Abdul Salam Saif and the escape of a number
   of inmates convicted of terrorist crimes," the ministry said in a
   statement.

   Thousands of mainly Shi'ite Muslim Bahrainis are in jail on charges
   ranging from participating in anti-government protests to armed attacks
   on security forces in the Western-allied Gulf kingdom, where the U.S.
   Fifth Fleet is based.