Iraq prison break kills 10 guards, 2 inmates

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A spokesman in Salahuddin province says several convicts broke into a prison storeroom in Tikrit late on Thursday night, seized weapons and overpowered prison guards.

Spokesman Mohammed al-Assi says several hours of clashes followed and that scores of prisoners had escaped by Friday morning when security troops regained control of the prison. Tikrit is 80 miles north of Baghdad.

A provincial health official, Raed Ibrahim, confirmed that 12 died in the violence.

Prison breaks are common in Iraq and are a big embarrassment to the country’s Shiite-led government.