BAGHDAD (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 02nd May, 2021) Up to 20 inmates have escaped a prison in southern Iraq holding terror and drug trafficking convicts, a security source told Sputnik on Sunday.
"According to preliminary figures, between 15 and 20 prisoners escaped a Muthanna facility... We still don't know how it happened," the source said.
Sputnik has been told that a manhunt is underway. Security officers are combing areas near the prison.
