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Mass jailbreak

    ABIDJAN

    Seventy-four prisoners escaped from a jail in Zinder, Niger's second largest city, between Sunday night and Monday morning, news organisations reported.

    According to the Missionary News Agency (MISNA), the prisoners apparently took advantage of a sudden dust storm, punched a hole in the prison wall and escaped without being noticed.

    Three of the escapees were recaptured and two were taken back to prison by their families, a media source in Niamey told IRIN. He said that, as far as he knew, most of the escaped prisoners were still at large on Tuesday.

    Zinder is about 750 km east of the capital, Niamey.

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