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C-Max drama an 'inside job'
08/11/2004 08:22 - (SA)
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| Members of the police dog unit arrive at C-Max Prison in Pretoria where four people were killed during a hostage drama. (Brenda Muller, Beeld) |
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Johannesburg - The South African Prisoners' Organisation for Human Rights (Sapohr) said Sunday's hostage drama at Pretoria's C-Max prison could have been an inside job, SABC radio news reported on Monday.
On Sunday, a prisoner managed to obtain a gun, which he used to shoot dead another inmate and two warders before turning the gun on himself, apparently after a botched escape bid.
Saphor president Golden Miles Bhudu said all visitors were thoroughly searched at different points.
He said it's been alleged that a female visitor managed to smuggle a firearm into the most secure correctional facility in the country.
Bhudu has called for an independent multi-party judicial commission of inquiry to investigate the incident.
A joint police and Correctional Services investigation is under way.
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