Pizza delivers prison siege deal - Democratic Underground

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Pizza delivers prison siege deal

BBC

A two-day prison siege in Australia has ended after inmates agreed to exchange their hostage for a delivery of pizzas.

A group of 20 inmates at Risdon maximum security prison, in the Tasmanian capital Hobart, seized a guard and a number of other prisoners on Saturday.

"Our staff member was negotiated out with the delivery of 15 pizzas," prisons director Graeme Barber said.

Once the inmates, who were demanding better treatment, had eaten their fill, they let the other hostages go.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4528919.stm

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