Five inmates said to be from Somalia's Al-Shabaab jihadist group and a guard were killed in a blaze of gunfire during an attempted breakout
Five inmates said to be from Somalia’s Al-Shabaab jihadist group and a guard were killed in a blaze of gunfire during an attempted breakout from the main prison in the capital Mogadishu on Saturday, a prison official and witnesses said.
“All five inmate assailants who tried violently to escape the prison were killed and neutralized after engaging in an armed confrontation with the prison guard force,” Mohamed Hassan, an officer with the Somali Custodial Corps, told AFP.“The security agencies are investigating the incident, but the situation at the prison is calm now.”
“I was very close to the prison when the incident occurred and I saw police enforcement entering the prison a few minutes after the gunfire broke out,” he said.“I called my brother who is a member of the prison guards, and he told me that several Al-Shabaab inmates secretly obtained weapons and grenades and tried to escape.”
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