Feb 26 Michel Cousins

Prisoners escape in Wadi Al-Shatti jail break

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis/Sebha, 26 February 2017:Sixty inmates at a police prison in Wadi Al-Shatti managed to escape today after when relative...

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Mar 17 Nigel Ash

Mass Zliten jail-break after suspected IS attack

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 17 March 2016:A dawn attack today on Zliten prison which saw up to 60 inmates escape is being blamed on IS.  There are rep...

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Dawn commanders die and "400" prisoners escape in Tajoura fighting: report
Dec 14 Nigel Ash

Dawn commanders die and "400" prisoners escape in Tajoura fighting: report

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 14 December 2015:Three senior Libya Dawn commanders are reportedly among ten dead in ferocious fighting in Tajoura in whic...

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Aug 26 Michel Cousins

Benghazi prison guard found murdered

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 26 August 2013:The body of a member of the Benghazi Judicial Police (BJP) has been found outside Benghazi. He had been shot...

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Zeidan apologizes for accusing Kuwafiyah residents of helping prison breakout
Aug 5 Sami Zaptia

Zeidan apologizes for accusing Kuwafiyah residents of helping prison breakout

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 5 August 2013:Prime Minister Ali Zeidan apologized and withdrew his accusation that local residents had participated in the ma...

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Jul 29 thomwestcott

Over 1,000 prisoners still on the run

Benghazi, 29 July 2013:More than 1,000 convicted criminals remain at large in Libya, following the mass jailbreak from Kuwafiyah prison in the early h...

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Massive jailbreak near Benghazi - 1,182 convicts on the run
Jul 27 thomwestcott

Massive jailbreak near Benghazi - 1,182 convicts on the run

By Ahmed Elumami.Kowafiyah prison, the scene of a major jailbreak in the early hours of this morningBenghazi, 27 July 2013:More than a thousand prison...

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Mar 26 Nigel Ash

Mass jail break in Sebha, one prisoner dead

Tripoli, 26 March 2013:A major search is under way this evening following a mass break out from the prison in Sebha, during which one escapee was shot...

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Oct 16 George Grant

Authorities say 60 of 120 prisoners have been recaptured following Tripoli prison breakout

Tripoli, 16 October:The authorities claim to have recaptured around 60 of the 120 fugitives who escaped from the Al-Judaida prison in Fornaj yesterday...

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