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Global Headlines Up to 20 terror suspects escape Iraqi prison: Source
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 02 May 2021, 02:06 am Print
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Baghdad/Sputnik: Up to 20 inmates have escaped a prison in southern Iraq holding terror and drug trafficking convicts, a security source told Sputnik on Sunday.
"According to preliminary figures, between 15 and 20 prisoners escaped a Muthanna facility… We still don’t know how it happened," the source said.
Sputnik has been told that a manhunt is underway. Security officers are combing areas near the prison.
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