Botched jail break kills 9
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January 2, 2012, Monday
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NINE inmates were killed in a botched prison break in the Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday after one of them pulled the pin on a grenade but didn't throw it, a police official said.
The incident follows a rash of prison violence and escapes in the central African country, including the escape of nearly 1,000 detainees from a high security prison in September.
"The civilian (prisoner) did not know how to use a grenade, he pulled the pin out but didn't throw it," the provincial chief of police, General Gaston Luzembo, told Reuters.
He said 50 people were wounded in the incident in a prison in the eastern city of Bukavu, and that an investigation was looking into how the inmate had got the grenade.
Luzembo added that a jailed ex-colonel appeared to be among the masterminds of the attempted escape.
A witness said the early morning explosion at the jail was followed by gunfire and some inmates who had suffered serious injuries were being treated at a local hospital.
The incident follows a rash of prison violence and escapes in the central African country, including the escape of nearly 1,000 detainees from a high security prison in September.
"The civilian (prisoner) did not know how to use a grenade, he pulled the pin out but didn't throw it," the provincial chief of police, General Gaston Luzembo, told Reuters.
He said 50 people were wounded in the incident in a prison in the eastern city of Bukavu, and that an investigation was looking into how the inmate had got the grenade.
Luzembo added that a jailed ex-colonel appeared to be among the masterminds of the attempted escape.
A witness said the early morning explosion at the jail was followed by gunfire and some inmates who had suffered serious injuries were being treated at a local hospital.
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