Five inmates at the Young Offenders Unit Rehabilitation Services within the Substance Abuse Therapeutic Unit were treated in hospital after they swallowed shaving blades, the Home Affairs Ministry said yesterday.

The inmates, aged between 19 and 20, were taken to Mater Dei Hospital but released after treatment.

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