BANGKOK: Dozens of prisoners broke furniture and smashed windows during a riot in a Thai jail on Sunday sparked by fears of a COVID-19 outbreak in the facility.
During the violence some convicts escaped from the Buriram prison where 2,000 inmates are held, the justice ministry said. Seven have been arrested.
Advertisement Advertisement Local media showed footage of black smoke billowing from the facility in the country's northeast. "There was a group of prisoners trying to escape and were