A WHOPPING 6,000 inmates escaped a high-security jail in Mozambique on Christmas Day after prisoners stole guards’ weapons.
A riot at the prison in the country’s capital has come as post-election violence has erupted in the country.
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Police chief Bernardino Rafael said 33 prisoners died and 15 others were injured during a confrontation with the security forces.
The escape from the Maputo Central Prison, located nine miles southwest of Maputo, started around midday on Wednesday after agitation by a group of subversive protesters nearby, Rafael said.
Some of the prisoners at the facility snatched weapons from the guards and started freeing other detainees.
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