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Agence France-Presse

More than 100 inmates escaped from jail in Indonesia on Saturday, in the latest breakout to hit the country’s creaking prison system.
The prisoners fled the jail in Siak district on Sumatra island early in the morning after rioting and a fire broke out at the detention centre, police said.
Footage on local TV stations showed the facility engulfed in flames.

Authorities launched a massive manhunt and 115 prisoners had been recaptured by late morning, said Riau province police chief Widodo Eko Prihastopo.
Dozens of detainees from a prison population of more nearly 650 remained at large, he said.
“Police, with assistance from the army and surrounding community, are still searching for the rest,” Prihastopo said.
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The rioting was triggered after guards beat several inmates who were caught using methamphetamine, police said.
Three detainees suffered stab wounds and a policeman was shot during the rioting, the local health office said.
Jailbreaks are common in Indonesia, where inmates are often held in unsanitary conditions at overcrowded prisons.
There was a spate of breakouts in 2013, including one where about 150 prisoners – including terror convicts – escaped from a jail.


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The prisoners fled the jail in Sumatra island after a riot broke out, said police
Authorities launched a huge manhunt and recaptured 115 prisoners by late morning, but dozens remain at large



Dozens remain at large after prisoners started a riot and fled when the building caught fire, police said.


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More than 100 inmates escape Indonesian jail in mass prison break after rioting

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The prisoners fled the jail in Sumatra island after a riot broke out, said police

Authorities launched a huge manhunt and recaptured 115 prisoners by late morning, but dozens remain at large