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Police On The Hunt For 215 Escaped Prisoners In Uganda

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The Ugandan authorities have began a manhunt to rearrest over 200 escaped prisoners who stole weapons and broke out of jail to the north-eastern part of the country.

The jailbreak occurred near the army barracks in the district of Moroto in Northeast Uganda on Wednesday afternoon, September 16.


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Prison’s commissioner of Uganda, Mr Johnson Byabashaija told a reporter on Thursday September 17, that “The prisoners seized guns from the armoury at a government prison in Moroto, about 460km from Kampala, before dashing for the cover of nearby mountains.”

He then confirmed the number of runaway prisoners saying, “About 215 inmates are still on the run. Uganda’s prison service, working with the police and the army with support from ground and air assets, have been deployed to rearrest the inmates,”

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Byabashaija however assured that every prisoner will be captured but in the meantime, the citizens should stay calm. “There is concern that some guns are in the wrong hands, but these will be recaptured. We have enough forces on the ground and helicopters to track them. The public is advised to stay calm.”

SOURCE: AfricaCelebrities.Com

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