East Timorese policemen recapture two of a dozen inmates who escaped from the Becora jail in Dili on November 3, 2013
Dili (East Timor) (AFP) - Two dozen inmates escaped from an East Timor jail Sunday by beating up wardens and fleeing through the main gate as they returned to their cells after mass, an official said.
The escapees, including two militants who fought against the half-island nation's independence from Indonesia, had been among more than 350 prisoners at morning worship at a hall in the jail in the mainly Catholic nation.
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