Officials have reported to AFP that over 100 inmates escaped from a prison in Chad during a shoot-out that resulted in three fatalities and injuries to a state governor who was visiting the facility on Saturday.
The prison break occurred late Friday following an uprising in the high-security penitentiary located five kilometers (three miles) from the town of Mongo in the central part of the country.
Hassan Souleymane Adam, the secretary general of the Guera province where Mongo is situated, stated, “There are around 100 who escaped, three dead and three wounded.”
A local official from Mongo, speaking anonymously to AFP, indicated that prisoners broke into a manager’s office to steal firearms. “A shootout with guards ensued, at the same time the governor arrived. He was wounded,” the official said.
The Mongo official corroborated the three deaths and reported that a total of 132 prisoners had escaped.
He added that the prisoners’ revolt was triggered by complaints about insufficient food.
Chad’s Justice Minister Youssouf Tom informed AFP via telephone that he was preparing to travel to the region and would be able to provide “precise information once I am at Mongo in the coming hours.”
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