YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar police are hunting dozens of escaped inmates who hijacked a delivery truck and smashed through the gates of their jail in a daring prison break on Sunday, officials said. The escape occurred on Sunday morning as prisoners seized a truck that had entered Hpa-An prison in eastern Karen state. The inmates drove through the prison gates, she said. Khin Thet Mar warned locals to contact authorities if strangers appeared in their villages. Forty-one prisoners escaped, according to state police chief Aung Myat Moe, but three have been recaptured while the hunt intensifies for the rest.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 16, 2018 09:56 UTC