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More than 100 people die trying to escape DRC's largest prison
The Guardian
|September 04, 2024
More than 100 people were killed while trying to escape from a prison in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the early hours of Monday, the interior minister has said.
In a post on X yesterday morning, Jacquemain Shabani said 129 people had died and 59 others were injured in the escape attempt at Makala prison in Kinshasa, the country's largest.
Twenty-four of those who died were killed by gunfire, while the others lost their lives in a crush during the chaos, he said.
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