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At least 300 inmates were on the run while one inmate died and three others were injured during an attack by unidentified gunmen on a prison in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city
Explosions and gunfire were heard at about 10 p.m. in the Kuje area of Abuja when the attackers arrived and forced their way into the prison through a hole created by the explosives.
A group of attackers used bombs to breach the walls of the Kuje prison near Abuja in a targeted attempt to free Boko Haram militants, according to a senior Interior Ministry official.
At least 49 inmates were killed and dozens more injured early Tuesday during an attempted prison escape in southwestern Colombia, news agency AFP reported quoting an official from national prison agency.
The US Marshals Service wins this week's prize for persistence. The law enforcement agency has a new APB out for a trio of notorious escaped inmates, even though it's...