At least 6,000 inmates escape from Mozambique jail: What we know
Al JazeeraSome 6,000 prisoners broke free from a high-security prison in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, on Wednesday, according to police authorities, as weeks-long post-election violence continues to rock the Southern African nation. The country’s police chief, Bernadino Rafael, said the prisoners escaped from the Maputo Central Prison on Christmas Day, following what he called a “revolt”. Police chief Rafael on Wednesday said there was an “agitation” by a group of “subversive” protesters in the vicinity of the Maputo Central Prison, a high-security facility located 14km southwest of Maputo. Rafael said there were 29 “convicted terrorists” among the escapees, referring to imprisoned members of the al-Shabab armed group, which has waged war in the country’s northern province of Cabo Delgado since 2017 in hopes of creating an Islamic state.
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