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Assassination figures flee Congo jail
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Oct 24, 2006 05:50pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | KINSHASA, Congo - A group of prisoners convicted for their involvement in the assassination of a former Congolese president escaped from jail in the capital, prison officials said Tuesday.
Prison director Dido Kitunga said 11 inmates escaped, all former members of President Laurent Kabila's military guard who were convicted of playing a role in his 2001 assassination. The inmates were discovered missing Tuesday morning, Kitunga said.
Attorney General Tshimanga Mukenda confirmed that a group of prisoners escaped but said he could not provide an exact number. He said an investigation was ongoing and declined to comment further.
A senior army official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to reporters, said 14 prisoners who were serving life sentences had escaped from Kinshasa's central prison and two were caught. |
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