Around 50 people, including two jail guards, were injured in a clash between two groups of prisoners in Bangladesh's Feni district jail, 160 km southeast of capital Dhaka, Saturday morning.
The clash between the under-trial and convicted groups of prisoners broke out on the second floor of the jail over establishing supremacy, private news agency UNB quoted jail sources as saying.
When the jail guards tried to quell the situation, the prisoners swooped on them, leaving two guards injured.
Later, police and joint forces brought the situation under control.
Dr Sarwar Jahan, physician of the district jail, was quoted as saying that 35 of the injured prisoners were given first aid in the jail.
Magistrate Shahidul Islam, in charge of the jail, said 15 prisoners were taken to nearby Comilla district central jail hospital for treatment.
At present, there are 65 convicted and 669 under-trial prisoners in Feni district jail.
Source: Xinhua
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