Prison officers fired live bullets and tear gas to stop fight over extremist Muslim prisoners trying to force radical Islam onto other inmates

Prison guards at Goulburn jail in NSW forced to break up fight on Tuesday

Officers fired live bullets and used tear gas to break up violent prisoners

Fight involved radical Muslims allegedly trying to force views on inmates

NSW Corrective Services insisted the fight was not religiously motivated

By EMILY CRANE and CINDY TRAN FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA and AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 22:11 GMT, 13 July 2016 | UPDATED: 04:57 GMT, 14 July 2016

Prison guards have fired live bullets and used tear gas to break up violence between radical Muslim prisoners at a maximum security jail.

Officers at Goulburn jail in NSW were forced to fire warning shots after two inmates failed to stop fighting in the exercise yard of the maximum security wing on Tuesday, News Corp reports.

Teargas was then used and a further fight erupted between two inmates as prisoners were being led back to their cells.

Up to 25 prisoners were present during the violence, which is said to have involved radical Muslims who are allegedly trying to force other prisoners to accept their extremist views.

NSW Corrective Services acknowledged the violence, but insisted it was not religiously motivated - as police have been notified and investigations are continuing.


Prison officers at Goulburn jail in NSW were forced to fire warning shots and use tear gas after two
inmates failed to stop fighting in the exercise yard of the maximum security wing on Tuesday


Australia's most dangerous inmate Bassam Hamzy, a convicted killer, was accused of converting other
criminals inside Supermax to Islam. There is no suggestion that Hamzy was involved in the latest brawl


Omarjan Azari has been spending time inside the prison since 2014 after allegedly conspiring to
behead a random member of the public and drape them with an ISIS flag.


Execution style murderer Leith Marchant (pictured) converted to Islam under the influence of Hamzy
in Goulburn jail. There is no suggestion that Marchant was involved in the latest incident

The violence is the latest in a series of incidents believed to be associated with radical Islamists.

Among the Muslim inmates being locked up inside the prison is convicted killer Bassam Hamzy, who is serving a life sentence for a shooting murder and conspiring to murder a witness.

The founder of the 'Brothers 4 Life' gang has been dubbed as Australia's most dangerous inmate who is said to have converted other criminals inside Supermax to Islam.

Other inmates who include killers who converted to Islam - and then some of them converted back - are killer Guy Staines, rapist and murderer Vester Fernando, execution murderer Leith Marchant and violent robber Jamie Paulson.

Last October, Raban Alou, Mustafa Dirani, and Talal Alameddine were charged with being members of a terrorist group in connection to the murder of Sydney police accountant Curtis Cheng.

The three men are being held at Goulburn jail after 15-year-old Muslim extremist Farhad Jabar was shot dead after he gunned down Mr Cheng outside police headquarters in Parramatta.

Omarjan Azari has been spending time inside the prison since 2014 after allegedly conspiring to behead a random member of the public and drape them with an ISIS flag.

There is no suggestion that these men were involved in the latest incident.


Up to 25 prisoners were present during the violence, which is said to have involved radical Muslims
who are allegedly trying to force other prisoners to accept their extremist views


NSW Corrective Services acknowledged the violence at Goulburn jail, but insisted it was not religiously
motivated. Police have been notified and investigations are continuing

An 18-year-old Islamic State supporter was charged back in April after he allegedly attacked a former Australian soldier in the prison cell they shared at Kempsey prison in NSW.

Bourhan Hraichie allegedly used a sharp object to carve an Islamic State message into the 40-year-old man's head during the attack.

The carving read 'e4e,' an apparent reference to the terror group's 'eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth' mantra.

It is alleged Hraichie also poured boiling water onto a towel he placed on his cellmate's face

The 18-year-old was a known ISIS supporter and had been caught sending graphic images of beheadings to other extremists at Goulburn.

Prison officers fired live bullets and tear gas to stop fight over extremist Muslim prisoners trying to force radical Islam onto other inmates