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Attempted jailbreak at a Congo prison kills 129 people as chaos erupts with a stampede and gunshots

Attempted jailbreak at a Congo prison kills 129 people as chaos erupts with a stampede and gunshots

  • A provisional assessment showed that 24 inmates were fatally shot by “warning” shots fired by guards as they tried to escape from the Makala Central Prison
  • It wasn’t immediately clear if all 129 fatalities were inmates and officials did not say how the stampede happened