Over 100 prisoners escape from jail in N. Brazil

Xinhua

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(Xinhua) -- More than 100 inmates escaped from a prison in Brazil's northeastern city of Recife on Saturday and two prisoners died in a shootout with the police, local media reported.

The inmates escaped from the Frei Damiao de Bozanno prison when one of the walls was destroyed by explosives, according to local newspaper Diario de Pernambuco.

By early evening, military police had managed to recapture at least 40 prisoners.

The latest prison break occurred only three days after 53 inmates broke out of Professor Barreto Campelo jail in Itamaraca, in the metropolitan area of Recife. However, all of those prisoners have been recaptured.