{"id":114926,"date":"2015-05-09T15:19:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T15:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=114926"},"modified":"2015-05-09T15:19:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T15:19:37","slug":"dozens-dead-and-many-escape-in-iraq-prison-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/dozens-dead-and-many-escape-in-iraq-prison-break\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dozens dead&#8217; and many escape in Iraq prison break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">At least 30 prisoners and 10 guards have died in a prison break in Iraq, the country&#8217;s interior ministry says.<\/p>\n<p>More than 50 inmates escaped from the jail in Khalis, north-east of Baghdad, including Islamic State (IS) members.<\/p>\n<p>Reports conflict over how the incident started. Officials say it was caused by a prison riot, but local sources blame it on an external IS operation.<\/p>\n<p>Iraq has seen a number of prison breaks. Many have been caused by militants seeking to free comrades.<\/p>\n<p>Police officials said the trouble began when prisoners started fighting, and guards who intervened were attacked and stripped of their weapons. The ministry said there had been no external assault.<\/p>\n<p>Police officials said the trouble began when prisoners started fighting, and guards who intervened were attacked and stripped of their weapons. The ministry said there had been no external assault.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape full-width has-caption\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/media\/images\/82882000\/jpg\/_82882689_462283760.jpg\" alt=\"Iraqi government forces celebrate while holding an Islamic Sate group flag after they said they had gained complete control of the Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, on 26 January 2015\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"media-caption__text\">Iraqi forces regained control of Diyala earlier this year, but sporadic IS attacks have continued<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However some local sources say Islamic State militants used several vehicles to try to storm the prison and release its members inside.<\/p>\n<p>The town of Khalis is located in Diyala province about 80km (50 miles) north of Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curfew imposed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A security official told the BBC that some of the prisoners had planned the escape.<\/p>\n<p>Nine of those who got away were being held on terrorism charges, including IS members. The rest, officials said, were common criminals.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape full-width has-caption\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/media\/images\/82882000\/jpg\/_82882691_472751164.jpg\" alt=\"Iraqis walk past a destroyed vehicle at the scene of a car bomb blast targeting Shiite pilgrims on an annual march to a Baghdad shrine on 9 May 2014\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"media-caption__text\">At least seven civilians were killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad on Saturday<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A curfew is now in place in the city and in two of its suburbs as security services comb the area in search of the suspects, the mayor of Khalis told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Grisly pictures have been circulating on social media, with some commentators suggesting a massacre took place at the prison.<\/p>\n<p>The Iraqi government is battling IS militants who have captured large parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third such jailbreak in Diyala since last June, when IS seized large territories in north and western Iraq as the regular army troops partly collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Over 500 inmates, including leading Islamists, escaped from the Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad in 2013 after gunmen stormed the facility.<\/p>\n<p>Separately on Saturday, a car bomb killed at least seven civilians and injured 14 others in Baghdad, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Shia pilgrims embarking on an annual march to a shrine in the capital were believed to have been the target.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 30 prisoners and 10 guards have died in a prison break in Iraq, the country&#8217;s interior ministry says. 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