JAKARTA, Indonesia — Some 1,200 Indonesian convicts are on the run from three different detention facilities in devastated Sulawesi after the region was rocked by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, a justice ministry official said Monday. The Donggala jail was set on fire and all 343 inmates were now on the run, Utami said. "They panicked after learning that Donggala was badly hit by the earthquake," Utami said. "Prison officials did negotiate with prisoners about allowing them to go to check on their families. Five people convicted of terror-related crimes had been moved from the prison just days before the disaster.

Source: Philippine Star October 01, 2018 07:30 UTC