BRUSSELS - Twenty-eight inmates of BelgiumÂ’s Termonde prison escaped in the early hours of Saturday but six have already been recaptured, the Belga press agency reported.Two prisoners managed to force their cell door open and took several prison guards hostage, demanding their keys. They then released 26 other inmates. The escaped prisoners managed to get into the prison courtyard, from where they scaled the prison walls.
The authorities were on Saturday unable to say how the cell door had been forced, or whether any dangerous criminals were among the fugitives.
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