MANILA: Twenty-three people including three top leaders of an al-Qaeda-linked Islamic group were killed yesterday when police stormed a maximum-security prison to end a day-old revolt, officials said.
Around 300 heavily armed special forces police firing tear gas and automatic rifles took part in the operation at Camp Bagong Diwa prison in Manila, where three prison guards and two inmates were killed in a jailbreak attempt on Monday.
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