At least 100 inmates, some of them armed, escaped a Haitian prison near the capital Port-au-Prince during a mutiny, killing at least one guard, a source close to the investigation said Sunday. Local media, citing police, said 172 prisoners had fled the Arcahaie facility, located on the coast northwest of the capital Port-au-Prince. A preliminary investigation indicates a guard forgot to lock a door Saturday as the inmates were eating. During the ensuing firefight, the head prison guard was killed and two others were wounded. Le Nouvelliste newspaper quoted Arcahaie prison manager Heurtelou Paul Colson as saying one prisoner climbed a wall and fell to his death, while two other detainees were wounded and in hospital.

Source: Hindustan Times October 23, 2016 19:24 UTC