Death toll from Iraq prison break rises to 72 - officials

The death toll from a prison break in Iraq climbed to 50 inmates and 12 police on Saturday, prison and police officials said.

May 09, 2015

Sahoub Baghdadi

 


 


BAGHDAD - The death toll from a prison break in Iraq climbed to 50 inmates and 12 police on Saturday, prison and police officials said.



The deaths occurred inside Al-Khalis prison northeast of Baghdad during a riot and on a manhunt for escaped convicts overnight, they said. — Reuters


May 09, 2015
HIGHLIGHTS
SAUDI ARABIA
8 minutes ago

Saudi Arabia advances 14 places to 13th rank in global IPR Enforcement Index

SAUDI ARABIA
hour ago

Syrian official: Coordination with Saudi Arabia was instrumental in foiling smuggling of huge cache of narcotics

SAUDI ARABIA
hour ago

PIF assets soar to $1.15 trillion in 2024