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Chinese prison boss dismissed over deadly escape
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-10-24 15:49 BEIJING: The head of a prison in northern China has been dismissed after four inmates killed a guard and escaped, leading to a manhunt with thousands of police, state media reported Saturday.
The four inmates, all serving life sentences, fled the regional capital Hohhot's No. 2 Prison in a stolen taxi, leading to a manhunt involving 6,000 police and security officers. Police shot and killed one of the convicts and captured the other three Tuesday in a small township in Helin county after they hijacked a rural wagon and took a hostage, according to state media. Four other officials have been suspended from the prison, the Beijing News newspaper said. |