Congo-Kinshasa: One Prisoner Killed, Several Hurt in Attempt to Escape From UN Jail in DR of Congo

28 February 2005

One prisoner was killed and four others injured when a United Nations peacekeeping sentinel opened fire during an attempted escape by militia members from a makeshift jail in northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late last week, the UN mission in the country said today.

The 15 prisoners were seized Thursday in Datule village and because there was no more space in Ndromo prison they were placed in an office which some of the military peacekeepers used for sleeping, the UN Organization Mission in the DRC (MONUC) said in Bunia.

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