25 killed after hundreds of inmates escape Haiti prison
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Police patrol outside the Croix-des-Bouquets prison after a prison break Thursday near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Photo by Tcharly Coutin/EPA-EFE
Feb. 27 (UPI) Twenty-five people died after more than 200 prisoners escaped from a prison in Haiti, including a gang leader and the prison s director. Twenty-five people died including six prisoners and Divisional Inspector Paul Hector Joseph who was in charge of the prison, Frantz Exantus, Haiti s communication secretary, said during a news conference Friday regarding the escape Thursday from Croix-des-Bouquets Civil Prison near the capital Port-au-Prince. Among those killed were some ordinary citizens who were killed by the prisoners during their escape.
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