Over 100 Inmates Escape From Pakistan Prison After Earthquake Evacuation in Karachi

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One prisoner was killed and three security officials were wounded in the ensuing shootout.

KARACHI, Pakistan—More than 100 inmates escaped from a prison and at least one was killed in a shootout in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi overnight after they were temporarily moved out of their cells following mild earthquake tremors, officials said Tuesday.

Kashif Abbasi, a senior police official, said 216 inmates fled the prison in the capital of Sindh province before dawn. Of those, 78 had been recaptured. No one convicted or facing trial as a militant is among those who fled, he said.

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