Baghdad prison mutiny kills four police, 10 insurgents

Baghdad prison mutiny kills four police, 10 insurgents

BAGHDAD: An insurgent accused of taking part in a bloody Baghdad church siege in October grabbed a policeman's gun mid-interrogation and led a prison mutiny that left four Iraqi policemen, including a general, and 10 insurgents dead, officials said Sunday.

Among the dead was police Brigadier General Moayed al-Saleh, the head of counter-terrorism for Baghdad's central Karrada district, a lieutenant colonel, and a first lieutenant, a senior counter-terrorism official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

An interior ministry official, who did not want to be named, confirmed the details.