A struggle involving around 700 inmates broke out at a prison within the Isaan province Sisaket over the weekend, critically injuring three of the prisoners. Ten other inmates have been additionally injured.
At round 9am on Sunday, as they had been ending breakfast, greater than seven-hundred prisoners divided into two sides and started fighting, some using toothbrushes they’d sharpened as a weapon.
Around Extraordinary were referred to as to the prison to break up the fight, which took about an hour to control. The injured inmates were sent to Sisaket Hospital for treatment. Around 35 inmates have been moved to a different prison beneath larger control. A Sisaket police officer told Thai media that the scenario is beneath control now..