- RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters)
- Two one-legged inmates were among 26 prisoners who scaled walls to break
out of an overcrowded jail in the Brazilian city of Niteroi, authorities
said Tuesday.
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- A spokeswoman with the Rio de Janeiro state Security
Secretariat said police only managed to recapture 10 of the 26 inmates,
including one of the disabled prisoners, in the center of the city, which
lies just across the bay from Rio de Janeiro.
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- In Monday's jailbreak, the inmates sawed metal bars on
the windows of two cells in the police detention center, used a rope to
get to the ground and then jumped a backyard wall. They exchanged pistol
fire with one police officer and then fled.
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- Police said they were investigating whether the runaways
had any help from the guards.
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- It was the eighth escape from the jail this year. The
detention center, built for 150 prisoners, houses about 260 and is due
to be shut down in January.
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