Media personnel are seen through a damaged glass window at a prison facility in the Malir district of Karachi on Tuesday after prisoners escaped overnight following an earthquake. Pic/AFP
Hundreds of inmates, reacting to the tremors from three low-intensity earthquakes that struck Karachi, broke down their cell doors at Malir Jail amid the ensuing panic
Sindh Home Minister Zia-ul Hasan Lanjhar confirmed that 216 prisoners had escaped the jail adding that 78 were recaptured within 24 hours. He also stated that a dozen policemen and inmates were injured in the violence and one prisoner was shot dead while attempting to flee
A prison official was seen working inside his damaged office at a jail facility in Karachi’s Malir district after a low-intensity earthqauke hit the office
Police personnel assist relatives of convicts gathered outside a prison in Karachi’s Malir district following an overnight prisoner escape caused by earthquake panic
Malir Jail also houses over 100 Indian prisoners, mostly poor fishermen jailed for allegedly fishing illegally in Pakistan’s waters. Meanwhile, law enforcement authorities have launched a joint operation to track down the remaining escapees
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