'Dangerous' convicts in Gabon jailbreak
2013-01-11 22:00
Thirty-two convicts have been described by police as
highly dangerous, were at large in eastern Gabon after breaking out of jail.
Libreville -Thirty-two convicts described by police as
highly dangerous, were at large on Friday in eastern Gabon after breaking out
of jail.
"Forty-eight inmates escaped on Wednesday afternoon
from the prison at Franceville... We have already recaptured 16 and we are
pursuing the search," Captain Serge-Wilfried Tsana, police chief for the
Haut-Ogooue region, told AFP.
"Those who escaped were prisoners serving heavy
sentences. They are very dangerous," Tsana added.
The police chief said the fugitives were able to escape
"with the complicity of certain warders" and that some of them had
headed into the Boumango district adjoining the Republic of Congo, with the aim
of crossing the border.
