(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 21 - Italian police have served further
arrest warrants on 29 inmates suspected of taking part in a
prison riot at Melfi in southern Italy at the height of the
COVID pandemic.
During the uprising on March 9 that year, health staff and
prison officers were held hostage for around nine hours.
Some 11 other inmates have already been served warrants in the
case. (ANSA).
29 served warrants for pandemic prison riot
Warders and health staff held hostage for 9 hrs at Melfi