Nearly 400 escape in Pakistan jailbreak
- Published: 15 Apr 2012 at 10.32
- Online news: Asia
Nearly 400 prisoners including militants escaped early Sunday from a jail in northwestern Pakistan after an attack by insurgents armed with guns, grenades and rockets, officials said.
This file photo shows Pakistani soldiers and police patrolling a street in Bannu, in 2011. Nearly 400 prisoners including militants escaped from a jail in northwestern Pakistan after an attack by insurgents armed with guns, grenades and rockets
More than 150 heavily-armed Islamist militants stormed the central prison outside the restive northwestern town of Bannu bordering the lawless tribal regions where Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants are known to operate.
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