Around 100 prisoners in Libyan jailbreak recaptured
TRIPOLI, July 28 (Reuters) - About 100 inmates out of more than 1,100 who escaped during a prison riot in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi have been recaptured, a security official said on Sunday. Armed violence and lawlessness, caused in part by militia groups who often do as they please, has hobbled governance in wide areas of the oil-pro- ducing North African state following the 2011 war that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.
Some 1,117 inmates on Saturday broke out of the Kuafiya prison on the outskirts of the city, the cradle of the 2011 uprising that has now become a hot spot for violence.
Officials said there had been an attack on the facility from outside as well as a riot inside.
Mohammed Sharif, head of security in Benghazi, said some prisoners had turned themselves in and others had been captured.“The prison is back in operation as of this morning,” he told Reuters. “Seventy prisoners were brought in initially.