A Danish man convicted of torturing and murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine made a dramatic but brief escape from a suburban Copenhagen prison Tuesday, reportedly taking a hostage to break out before police recaptured him. Peter Madsen was quickly apprehended near the Herstedvester prison where he is serving a life sentence for the killing of Kim Wall. Madsen, one of Denmark's most notorious criminals, was captured about five minutes after the escape and around 500 metres from the facility. He was handcuffed, officers stepped back and Madsen was left on the side of a road while a bomb squad investigated the belt, Lauridsen said. He claims she died accidentally inside the submarine, but he has confessed to throwing her body parts into the Baltic Sea.

Source: CBC News October 20, 2020 20:58 UTC