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The officer was
hit by a food tray and several inmates were stabbed during the
skirmish that broke out at about 7:30 p.m. at a maximum security
Cook County jail in Chicago, a Cook County sheriff's spokeswoman
said.
It was unclear what set off the fights at the jail that houses
more than 1,000 male inmates southwest of Chicago's downtown,
she said.
The injuries were non-life threatening, the Chicago Fire
Department said on Twitter.
Several other inmates were treated for minor injuries at the
jail, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford told the
Chicago Tribune.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Tom
Hogue)
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