Nigeria: Gunmen free hundreds of inmates in jailbreak
By DW
24 October 2021 |
8:30 pm
The third such major attack this year in Nigeria resulted in over 800 inmates being freed from a state prison. Police have since managed to rearrest more than 200 escapees.
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