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Officials: Three Guards Injured After Inmate Attack At Philadelphia Detention Center

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- An inmate attacked three guards at the Philadelphia Detention Center in Holmesburg. Officials say the attack happened early Saturday morning after the inmate flooded his cell and the officers went to move him to another cell.

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We're told the officers suffered superficial wounds when the prisoner attacked them with an unidentified weapon.

Charges are pending against the inmate.

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