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Arabia
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.
Nonsense. They were given weapons, they whacked the guards, and then strolled out the front gate. They didn't even need Chuck Connors landing a helicopter in the prison yard...
They attacked prison guards, killing one and wounding two, before they escaped, the state news agency Saba said.

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.
They got their wish then...
All the prisoners were Yemeni and most had been jailed after returning from Iraq where they fought alongside militant, he said.
Posted by:Steve White

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