EGYPT: Police thwart an attempt by hundreds of inmates to escape from Ataga jail in the coastal city of Suez

Record ID: 859914

  • Title: EGYPT: Police thwart an attempt by hundreds of inmates to escape from Ataga jail in the coastal city of Suez
  • Date: 29th January 2013
  • Summary: SUEZ, EGYPT (JANUARY 28, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF STONE-THROWING CLASHES BETWEEN DEMONSTRATORS AND ARMY SOLDIERS APC PARKS GUARD OUTSIDE ATAGA PRISON IN SUEZ EXTRIOR OF ATAGA POLICE STATION IN SUEZ EXTERIOR OF THE ANNEXED CENTRAL PRISON TO ATAGA POLICE STATION VARIOUS OF DAMAGED JAILS OF ATAGA PRISON
  • Embargoed: 13th February 2013 12:00
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  • Location: Egypt
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  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA2PUQLQ74FJ87GPEY7HPO2555T
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  • Story Text: Hundreds of inmates of
    "Ataga" prison, mostly with criminal records, tried on Monday (January 28) to escape during the outbreak skirmishes between stone-throwing demonstrators and army personnel near the police station.
    Prisoners set fire to the wooden contents of the jails, but policemen were able to control the fire before any significant damages occured.
    Demonstrators echoed the chants of 2011's historic 18-day uprising. "The people want to bring down the regime," they chanted. "Leave! Leave! Leave!" chanted others as they were marching into streets.
    Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi declared on Sunday (January 27) a month-long state of emergency in three cities along the Suez Canal where dozens of people have been killed over the past four days in protests his allies say are designed to overthrow him.
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