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| June 4, 2002 | Tuesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 22,1423 |
Prisoners escape from jail
SAO PAULO, June 3: Seventeen prisoners escaped from a jail here Monday as football-mad Brazil ground to a halt to watch the nation’s opening World Cup match against Turkey on television.
Prison authorities said that the convicts escaped through a tunnel around 6:00 am as Brazil were kicking off their match in South Korea.
They were assisted by a group outside the prison who fired at the walls of the building to aid their escape.
The inmates jumped into a bus which was passing near the prison but a policeman on board managed to overpower one of the escapees and opened fire on another, who died in later of his injuries.
Three of the escapees were immediately re-captured.—AFP
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