WASHINGTON, April 14 (RIA Novosti) - Guards of the US Guantanamo prison fired less-than-lethal rounds in a clash with detainees wielding "improvised weapons," the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said on Saturday.
Detainees attempted to limit the guard force's ability to observe their activities by covering surveillance cameras, windows, and glass partitions, SOUTHCOM said in a statement posted on its website.
“In order to reestablish proper observation, the guards entered the Camp VI communal living spaces to transition detainees into single cells,” the statement reads. “Some detainees resisted with improvised weapons, and in response, four less-than-lethal rounds were fired.”
No serious injuries to guards or detainees were reported.
The incident occurred amid an ongoing hunger strike by detainees. Last week US military said the strike involved about 40 of the 166 detainees.
