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| Gunfire at prison in Upper Egypt | Gunfire at prison in Upper Egypt |
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| A prisoner has been killed and several prison guards and other inmates wounded in an outbreak of shooting at a prison in Upper Egypt, reports say. | |
| A police source quoted by Reuters said a group of gunmen attacked the jail in an attempt to free prisoners. | A police source quoted by Reuters said a group of gunmen attacked the jail in an attempt to free prisoners. |
| The incident happened in the city of Assiut, about 250 miles (400km) south of the capital Cairo. | The incident happened in the city of Assiut, about 250 miles (400km) south of the capital Cairo. |
| The violence is said to have happened during visiting time for relatives of the prisoners. | The violence is said to have happened during visiting time for relatives of the prisoners. |
| The police sources said arms had been smuggled into the prison and some of the shooting took place inside the building. | |
| Riot police were sent to the area and the main road along the bank of the Nile was closed, they added. | |
| There has been no official statement about the violence, but the interior ministry said it would issue one later in the afternoon. |