ADEN, Yemen, March 4 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 inmates were injured Sunday evening in a prison riot in the southern port city of Aden, a Yemeni security official told Xinhua.
Security forces of the anti-riot unit tried to disperse a crowd of inmates in the al-Mansoura central prison in Aden with firing live ammunition and tear gas, leaving at least 10 inmates injured, the official said on condition of anonymity.
The inmates tried to break out of the jail by attacking the guards with stones and harsh materials, the official said.
The anti-riot police forces managed to calm down the situation and heavy armored vehicles were deployed later around the area, he said.
Most of the protesting prisoners had been jailed for suspected ties with al-Qaida terrorist group and carrying out attacks against public facilities, according to the official.
In December 2011, 15 suspected members of al-Qaida escaped from a al-Mansoura prison by digging a six-meter tunnel in the western section of the jail.
Yemen government forces have been battling hundreds of militants from the al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula who have seized control of several cities in the neighboring Abyan and Shabwa provinces in May 2011.
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