23 prisoners escape from Mosul jail

NINEWA /Iraqi News Twenty-three prisoners held on charges of terrorism escaped from al-Ghizlani jail in southern Mosul city on Friday, a local police source in Ninewa said. “The prisoners have carved a hole into the outer wall of the cell where they were detained and escaped,” the source told Iraqi News. “The police, discovering their escape later in the day, started an investigation into the incident a massive search operation for the runaway inmates,” he added. AmR (P) 3