Showing posts with label 92 prisoners. Show all posts
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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Libya PrisonBreak: 92 prisoners pick race after attacking guards



Ninety two prisoners have escaped from the prison in a western town in Libya because of weak security, the most recent sign of limited government control in the oil-rich North African country.

 Spokesman of the Zliten local council, Hassan bin Sophia, said only four guards were watching 220 criminal and political detainees at the prison on Friday. He said the prisoners called for a doctor, and when the prison gate was opened, they attacked the guards and fled. Bin Sophia said 19 prisoners were soon recaptured, two of them wounded when guards opened fire.
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