NATIONAL NEWS - Emergency personnel are on the scene after an attack on warders at Pollsmoor Prison.
Correctional Services says it involved three inmates and three officials.
The warders tried to retrieve a cellphone but were attacked with boiling water.
Correctional Services Commissioner Delekile Klaas said: “When they tried to open the cell, offenders barricaded the grills and when officials used force they were attacked with boiling water. Three officials were seriously burnt and taken to a hospital.”
The officials are being treated for severe burns.
Pollsmoor prison warders seriously injured in attack
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Posted on: 15:47 Tue, 16 January 2018
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