SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Nineteen convicts escaped from prison in Bosnia late on Tuesday while their guards manned defences against the worst floods to hit the Balkans in living memory.
"There was confusion inside the prison," local police duty officer Pavo Grgic told Reuters on Wednesday. "The prisoners were panicking as the water in their cells was already one metre deep. They took the opportunity when the building was lightly guarded and fled."
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