US Guards, Prisoners Clash at Guantanamo

U.S. guards at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba swept through communal cellblocks Saturday, forcing dozens of detainees into one-man cells in an attempt to end a hunger strike that began in February.

A U.S. military spokesman said guards fired four “less-than-lethal rounds,” after some detainees resisted the relocation efforts with improvised weapons. In a statement, Navy Captain Robert Durand said there were no serious injuries to guards or detainees.

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