A mutiny at a counter-terrorism prison in Baghdad has led to the deaths of at least 10 inmates and eight police officers, officials say.
Al-Qaeda leader Huthaifa al-Batawi, accused of masterminding the deadly siege of a Baghdad church last October, is reported to be among the dead.
One report says he started the incident by grabbing a guard's gun while being interrogated.
Iraq is bracing itself for reprisals following the death of Osama Bin Laden.
Batawi was among 12 people arrested last November in connection with the siege of a Catholic Church in Baghdad's Karrada district on 31 October.
More than 100 people were attending mass at the time, and were taken hostage. At least half of them were killed when Iraqi security forces moved in to try to free them.
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