More than 1,300 inmates have escaped from the central prison of Beni in eastern Congo after an attack by rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces, the town’s mayor said Tuesday.
BENI, Congo — More than 1,300 inmates have escaped from the central prison of Beni in eastern Congo after an attack by rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces, the town’s mayor said Tuesday. Mayor Modeste Bakwanamaha said one inmate had died in the attack on Kangbayi prison. «We call on the population to report any suspicious person who may be an escaped prisoner,» he said.
