At least 9 inmates killed in Damascus prison riot

From The International Herald Tribune

DAMASCUS, Syria: Rioting at a prison near Syria’s capital killed at least nine inmates Saturday, according to a human rights activist in phone contact with the prisoners.

Mohammed Abdullah, a Beirut-based Syrian activist, told The Associated Press that rioting inmates called him and informed him of the deaths, using a cell phone belonging to one of the guards they had taken hostage.