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Ugandan military kills five prison escapees, captures two after massive jailbreak
Uganda military personnel are seen atop military and police trucks driving towards Juba, South Sudan, at Nimule border point on July 14, 2016.
Photo credit: Isaac Kasamani | AFP
What you need to know:
- Brig. Flavia Byekwaso, Uganda's military spokeswoman, told Xinhua that the Uganda People's Defense Forces on Friday afternoon exchanged fire with a group of inmates who had escaped from the Singila prison on Wednesday afternoon.
- The death of the five prisoners, mainly traditional Karimojong warriors and cattle rustlers, brings the total number of those killed to eight.
Kampala,
The Ugandan military announced on Saturday that it had killed five prisoners and recaptured two others in an ongoing manhunt of 219 inmates who had escaped in a massive jailbreak in the northeastern district of Moroto.
