Offenders involved in a stabbing incident on Sunday morning at Durban's Westville prison — in which five inmates were injured — will be separated and moved to various maximum facilities.
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The correctional services department's Thulani Mdluli said a prisoner stabbed another at 8.15am on Sunday. “In the process of disarming offenders using minimum force, five offenders including the victim sustained injuries and have been transferred to an external hospital for medical attention.”
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