VAN, Turkey (Reuters): Prisoners set fire to a jail in Turkey's earthquake-hit city of Van on Tuesday and gunshots were heard as inmates fought their guards following a big aftershock.
A soldier said the prisoners had attacked the guards with scissors and knives, two days after 200 people are reported to have escaped in the chaos after the quake. Reuters journalists saw flames at the building and white smoke billowing into the night sky, before half a dozen shots rang out.
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