JAMBI, INDONESIA — By the time a riot at a prison in Jambi on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on March 1 had been brought under control, six guards and six prisoners were wounded, and four prisoners were missing. <br /> <br />Indonesian media reports say the mayhem began when inmates protested a drug raid. At around 7 p.m., prisoners gathered in front of guards to protest the inspection, but as the night wore on, the protest became a full-blown riot, with inmates starting a fire in the cafeteria. <br /> <br />Somehow a number of inmates managed to tear barbed wire from a fence. They then attacked guards with the barbed wire and rocks. At 10 p.m., police reinforcements arrived to crush the unrest. <br /> <br />Nearby residents reported hearing dozens of gunshots. <br /> <br />The four inmates who escaped are still on the run.
