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In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, more than 200 prisoners are on the run following Thursday’s mass escape from the Croix-des-Bouquets prison.<\/p>\n
The BBC reports that 25 people died in the violent escape, including the prison director. Among the dead were also 6 prisoners. The rest were reportedly ordinary people.<\/p>\n
A powerful gang leader, Arnel Joseph was killed just hours after escaping from Croix-des-Bouquets prison. Joseph, in ankle cuffs, was a passenger on a motorcycle that was flagged down at a checkpoint. According to the BBC, he pulled a gun on officers but was fatally shot by police. Joseph before his arrest in 2019, had been Haiti’s most-wanted gang leader.<\/p>\n
While it\u2019s unclear how the escape took place, initial reports read that more than 400 inmates had escaped. Frantz Exantus, Haiti’s Communications Secretary, said the facility had held more than 1 500 prisoners before the prison break.<\/p>\n
Witnesses report having heard gunfire at about midday on Thursday. They say prisoners could then be seen running from the prison. Meanwhile. staff at a clothing store said they had been forced to give items to the escapees.<\/p>\n
Exantus tweeted that 60 inmates had since been captured.<\/p>\n
Umm Muhammed Umar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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