More Than 200 Naked Inmates on Run in Moroto After Jailbreak
Ugandan forces are searching for more than 200 naked inmates who escaped
jail, broke into an armoury, then stripped and fled into a remote wilderness
area in the country's northeast.
At least three people, a soldier and two of
the 219 escapees, died in the firefight, according to Brig. Flavia Byekwaso,
spokeswoman for the military.
The jailbreak occurred on Wednesday afternoon
near the army barracks in the district of Moroto. "They overpowered the
warden who was on duty," Byekwaso said.
The inmates are "hardcore"
criminals who were jailed for offenses relating to cattle theft in the region,
she said.
They took off their clothes to avoid being
spotted in their distinctive yellow uniforms and ran into the foothills of
Mount Moroto, an underpopulated area that the spo...
