BEIRUT:
Inmates who temporarily escaped custody Wednesday at the Baabda Justice Palace
are back behind bars, after receiving promises that their trials would be sped
up.
A
judicial source told The Daily Star that 14 out of 50 inmates who were brought
from Roumieh prison to the courtroom broke out of the cage in the courtroom,
smashed a window and brandished shattered pieces of glass.
Protesting
delays in legal procedures, they threatened to harm the judge presiding over
their cases and other court staff.
At
least two of the detained men deliberately cut themselves with the broken
pieces of glass.
The
judge, along with the lawyers present in the courtroom, exited the building,
while Internal Security Forces personnel concluded negotiations with the
inmates.
Lebanese
Red Cross personnel were finally able to enter the courtroom to treat the
injured men. Police surrounded the courtroom and began negotiations to secure
the surrender of the detainees.
The detainees eventually
surrendered when the negotiations proved successful, with Judge Claude Karam
promising the detainees that their judicial proceedings would be sped up. The
men were then transferred back to Roumieh Prison.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Jun-28/178534-inmates-surrender-after-riot-in-baabda-courtroom.ashx#axzz1z1aqSqiF
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