Prisoners take guards hostage

Istanbul - Inmates at a jail in northwest Turkey took five guards hostage on Monday in a protest over prison conditions, state-run Anatolian news agency reported. The prisoners launched the protest during the pre-dawn meal on the last fasting day of the Muslim month of Ramadan at Burhaniye prison in Balikesir province. "There is a fire in one of the dormitories at the moment. Our... [read full story]