.- At least 20 people have been killed and more than twenty other seriously injured in the fire today from a prison in Monastir province in central eastern Tunisia, hospital sources told EFE. According to governmental sources, the prisoners set fire to the beds in their cells, causing a large fire in the prison.Some of the prisoners managed to escape, while dozens were trapped in the prison and killed or seriously injured. Several of the victims were caused by the intervention of security forces to try to contain the riot and about 60 people suffered burns of varying degrees. Also in the prisons of Gafsa and Kaserín regions in the Midwest, and at registered Mornaguia Bizerta and riots and attempts to fire by the inmates during the last night and this morning, governmental sources said.
In Gafsa and Kaserín the riots were controlled while in prison Bizerta, northwest of Tunisia, and the Mornaguia, 17 kilometers from the capital, dozens of prisoners have escaped, the sources said. Mornag in prison, also near Tunis, is heard shots and saw flashes of fire, EFE said residents of the area, but the riot was finally controlled.
The state of emergency is in force from all over Tunisia on Friday shortly before the president, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, fled the country almost a month forced by popular protests that have left dozens dead. New Tunisian authorities have stated that their main priority is to restore public order.
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