Around 93 immigrants, residing on the ground floor of the Safi barracks detention centre, yesterday night rioted over food.

Sources said that the riot came to an end shortly after Armed Forces of Malta personnel were alerted. AFM personnel were assessing the damage and searching for any improvised weapons.

“The riot was of a small nature and was brought to a calm shortly after it erupted,” sources said.

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