More than 200 inmates escaped from a jail in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday after guards temporarily moved them to a courtyard because of earthquake tremors.
At least one prisoner was killed and 22 others were injured, including prison staff, Interior Minister of Sindh province Zia-ul-Hasan Lanjar told reporters on the scene. A total of 216 inmates fled Malir prison, which houses 6,000 inmates, to a nearby residential area. Eighty of the escaped prisoners have been apprehended so far.
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