The prisoners who were brought out of their barracks for saying Eid prayers attacked the security officials. The fight between the two claimed the life of an inmate while 15 other prisoners managed to escape in Balochistan’s border area of Chaman, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday.
As per reports, the jail authorities brought out prisoners in the open from their barracks so that they could offer their Eid prayers in the morning today. But, the inmates found in it an opportunity and devised a plan to break the jail.
The horde of the jailbirds attacked the prison officials. In the ensuing fight, a prisoner died and two others sustained injuries. Several policemen also got hurt in the clash.
However, 15 prisoners managed to escape the jail.
Reporter Isa Tareen