[An Nahar] Bahrain's interior minister, Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah al-Khalifa, ordered Monday the dismissal of the country's prisons chief after two inmates beat feet from a main jail, his office said.Sheikh Rashid formed a committee to investigate the jailbreak from the Jau prison, in southeastern Bahrain, to assess shortfalls in security measures, the ministry said.
He ordered the demotion of the official to the general security department, and appointed another officer as a caretaker under the ministry's supervision.
The interior ministry did not disclose details about the prison escapees.