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Kyrgyz Forces Recapture One Escaped Prisoner
September 20, 2009
OSH, Kyrgyzstan -- Kyrgyz security forces have recaptured one of the three prisoners who escaped from an Osh prison on September 17, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.
A Kyrgyz National Security Committee official told RFE/RL that police, the border guard service, and the Interior Ministry have been working together to locate the escaped prisoners.
It was not reported where the escapee -- who was caught on September 18 -- was when he was recaptured.
Two of the escaped prisoners were charged with membership in the banned Islamic group Hizb-ut Tahrir and the third one, Shukhrat Payzullaev, with espionage. The name of the recaptured prisoner was not made public.
Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Forces_Recapture_One_Escaped_Prisoner/1827154.html
Copyright (c) 2009. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036.
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