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Rioting at Kerobokan jail in Bali
Rioting prisoners have taken over Kerobokan jail in Bali, hurling stones at police and setting fires as authorities struggled overnight to regain control.
Prison staff last night abandoned the desperately overcrowded facility, home to Australian inmates Schapelle Corby and the Bali Nine drug traffickers, leaving the jail under the control of more than 1000 inmates.
The riot began at about 11pm and may be related to a smaller incident on Sunday afternoon which flared after one inmate was stabbed and three others arrested.
Burning ... Firefighters are trying to bring fires under control inside the facility, where rioters are keeping authorities at bay. Photo: Erwin Jo
There is no news yet of any injuries from inside the prison, nor of who is taking part in the riot.
Tensions are high within Bali's only jail, which was built to accommodate 323 inmates, but which now houses well over three times that number, many of whom are serving long sentences for drug offences.
Amilia Rosa, who is outside the prison, said firefighters were trying to control blazes inside the prison, but so far only furniture, equipment and window frames appeared to have been burned, not the prison building itself.
Armed police surround the building. Photo: Erwin Jo
Armed police reinforcements have arrived at the prison and Ms Rosa said they were on high alert for potential escapes. However, they will not go into the prison until the fires are extinguished.
Ms Rosa had overheard police discussing storming the prison after the sun rose, she said.
Neither police nor prison authorities have yet made a statement.
Damage ... Bali's Kerobokan jail is lit up by fire. Photo: Erwin Jo
- Michael Bachalard, The Age
