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Yemen detains prison officials over Al Qaeda escape | ||
2011-06-26 | ||
ADEN - Yemeni authorities have detained the director of a prison for questioning over the escape of 63 al Qaeda inmates earlier this week, state television said on Saturday. It said the deputy director of the al-Munawara prison in the southern city of al-Mukalla also was detained for questioning. It gave no further details. The prisoners escaped on Wednesday after they dug a 35-m (yard) long tunnel.
It said security forces pursued the prisoners, killing three and recapturing two. Yemen state television said on Saturday that the body of a fourth inmate had been found. It said he had been sentenced to death.
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