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Authorities say that heavily-armed gunmen attacked a prison in Owerri, Imo, freeing more than 1,800 prisoners. Police accuse the banned separatist group Indigenous People of Biafra of being the attackers. The group denies the allegations, calling them "lies".
2021-04-5

Sixty-nine inmates escape from a prison in Baabda District, Lebanon. Five of them are killed in a car crash while being pursued by security forces.
2020-11-21

Gunmen storm a jail in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and free more than 1,300 inmates, also attacking the military camp that provides security to the prison. The town's mayor blames the Allied Democratic Forces, which he says used electrical equipment. Twenty inmates return and two are shot dead.
2020-10-20

Gunmen attack a military base in Kindia, Guinea, about 85 km outside of the capital Conakry, killing the camp's commander, according to a statement released by the defence ministry. A prison in the city is also attacked, wounding an official and allowing several inmates to escape. The attacks come two days before the general elections.
2020-10-16

Inmates take seven guards hostage at a prison in Manaus, Brazil, during an attempted escape. A raid later frees the guards and ends the prisoners' rebellion.
2020-05-2

Papua New Guinean media reports confirm that 17 people were fatally shot by prison officers during a prison escape in Lae on May 12.
2017-05-15

Hundreds of prisoners escape from an overcrowded jail in Pekanbaru, Indonesia.
2017-05-5

At least 37 people are killed in Iraq amid a two-day spate of suicide bombings and armed prison escapes.
2013-07-22