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Sunday, April 15, 2012

384 PRISONERS ESCAPE AFTER TALIBAN RAID ON PAKISTAN PRISON


PAKISTAN PRISON BREAK

(CNN)-- Authorities in northern Pakistan werelooking for 384 inmates who escaped from a prison early Sunday morning after 300 Taliban Militants raided it. the attack took place in the city of Bannu in north west Pakistan, an area known for heavy militant presence.


 Iftikhar Khan, a senior police official in Bannu said the attack lasted for more than two hours and wounded three prison officials. Of the 944 prisoners the facility held, 384 escaped he said. Among them were two who were awaiting execution.One, Adnan Rashid had been found guilty in the attempt murder of former president Pervez Mushaarraf in 2003.


The other, Safi Ullad, was convicted of several bombings in northern Parkistan in recent years, officials said. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, according to Aasim Mehsud, a spokesman for the group in south Waziristan.

Culled by Godswill from CNN

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