31.   Heavily armed police and gendarmes surrounded the prison early Wednesday while other members of the security forces moved in to put down the rebellion.

32.   Heavily armed police and gendarmes surrounded the prison early Wednesday while other members of the security forces intervened to bring the rebellion under control, authorities said.

33.   Elite security forces surrounded the prison as authorities began negotiations with the inmates, who control the entire jail, officials said.

34.   There were no immediate reports of casualties as police and soldiers fought off the attackers and surrounded the prison to prevent any escape.

35.   Other reports, and the offical and unchanging version of the prison department, said the six died after falling from the top of the wall surrounding the prison.

36.   Police surrounded the prison.

37.   Police surrounded the prison in this western German city.

38.   Tension there was mounting as police surrounded the prison, it said.

39.   Tension there was mounting, as police surrounded the prison, it said.