Over 100 inmates escape during earthquake evacuation shootout


Jailbreak: Members of media looking at a broken glass window inside the premises of the district Malir jail after dozens of prisoners escaped from the jail on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. — Reuters

More than 100 inmates escaped from a prison and at least one was killed in a shootout in the southern city of Karachi overnight after they were temporarily moved out of their cells following mild earthquake tremors, officials said.

Kashif Abbasi, a senior police official, said 216 inmates who were involved in ordinary crimes fled the prison in the capital of Sindh province before dawn.

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