Over 50 prisoners escape in Papua New Guinea
VOXAFRICA.COM | 31-12-1969 20:00
In Papua New Guinea more than 50 prisoners escaped from jail after wardens failed to show up for work and police were busy guarding a rugby match, officials told AFP. The prisoners fled from Bomana Correctional Institution near Port Moresby on Sunday and most of the 54 inmates who escaped by making a hole in a ...
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