MOSUL – Nearly two dozen prisoners convicted of terrorism charges escaped from a prison in Iraq’s turbulent city of Mosul yesterday.
The 23 inmates fled through a hole they made in a wall at Ghazlani prison in the southern area of the city, which is an al- Qaeda stronghold about 390km (240 miles) north of Baghdad.
The escape happened in the morning but prison guards did not discover it until the afternoon.
Authorities alerted military and police checkpoints in the city to be on the lookout for the escapees. Police said there were al-Qaeda militants and other “high value” detainees among those who escaped.
Mosul has seen a number of big prison breaks. – (Reuters)
