200 prisoners fled in Pakistan after an earthquake …
Local authorities and police said that more than 200 prisoners fled in Karachi, south Pakistan on Monday night after the guards were allowed to leave the cells after a series of earthquakes.
The Minister of Justice in the Indus region told reporters from Al -Had on Tuesday morning that the escape from midnight began at midnight and lasted until the early hours of time, and after hundreds of prisoners were allowed to go out to the “Mallir” jail due to earthquakes.
Police said the prisoners confiscated weapons from prison staff and that the main gate was attacked after a fire excluding half of the soldiers. Regional Police Chief Ghulam Nabi Maimon explained that a prisoner was killed and three guards were injured.
“I heard the shooting for a long time. Then I saw the prisoners going out in all directions.” Before the arrest of the police, some prisoners entered the residential premises.
On Tuesday morning, the Reuters reporter saw Mashing glass and damaged electronic equipment inside the prison. The meeting room appointed for the arrival of the families of the prisoners was also robbed, while their relatives gathered eagerly outside the jail.
Reuters said this escape was one of the greatest escape and escapes in the history of Pakistan. There are about 6,000 inmates in the jail in the maner region, the suburb of Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan.
The footage of the local television showed the prisoners running across the streets all night, some of them barefoot and the police were chasing them. Murad Ali Shah, the regional Prime Minister, said that 80 of the fugitives have been arrested so far.
Prison director Arshad Shah told reporters that the number of night guards was only 28, saying, “Only these large numbers of prisoners were able to escape,” and pointed out that there were no surveillance cameras in jail.
Officials said there were panic due to earthquakes – including many prisoners – including drug addicts. “Panic caused by earthquakes,” said Lanzer.
The prime minister of the region said that allowing the prisoners to leave their cells was a dangerous mistake from the prison administration, calling on the fugitives to surrender themselves, otherwise they would face serious accusations of escape. Reuters.
