Three Muslim inmates attack UK jail warden

LONDON: Ripples from last Wednesday's explosive Woolwich murder of soldier Lee Rigby have now been felt in one of Britain's maximum-security prisons.

Three jailed Islamic extremists in Full Sutton prison in East Yorkshire carried out a brutal attack on a warder after an imam reportedly called on them to pray for Rigby. The trio snatched the warder from the high-security prison and held him hostage for four hours, beating him to a pulp.The victim, who is in his thirties, was locked in a cleaning room where he was beaten with mop handles.

At least 170 Inmates Escape from Prison in Southern Libya

TEHRAN :170 prisoners escaped from a prison in Libya's Sebha, some 800 km South of the capital of Tripoli, local official said.

The prison break took place after a dispute among the prisoners turned into chaos on Tuesday, Sebha's local council spokesman Abobker Hamza told Xinhua.

So far, some of the prisoners have turned themselves in and some have been hunted down, while a large number of them remain at large, Abobker noted.