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Al-Qaeda Members Flee In South Yemen Jailbreak
December 12, 2011
Yemeni officials say that at least 16 prisoners, including suspected members of Al-Qaeda, have escaped from a prison in the southern Yemeni city of Aden.
A security official in the south of the country, where Islamist fighters have seized parts of an entire province, said detainees fled by digging a tunnel leading beyond the prison's walls.
Sixteen were at large, another local official said.
It was the second major jailbreak involving Al-Qaeda members since June, when dozens of Al-Qaeda militants escaped from a jail in another city, Mukalla.
Islamists have been gaining power in the south as Yemen was witnessing a massive uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who last month finally agreed to step down after 32 years in power.
compiled from agency reports
Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/al-qaeda_jailbreak_in_yemen/24419214.html
Copyright (c) 2011. 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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