Pressure Builds for Investigation Into Jailbreak That Left 129 Dead

Newsweek

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At least 59 were wounded at the Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa
Gulf News
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At least 129 inmates died at the Democratic Republic of the Congo's largest penitentiary, with roughly 100 able to escape on the night of September 1.
Le Monde
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Families of those killed in what officials called an attempted jailbreak in Congo’s biggest prison are demanding answers as activists denounce what they say are inhumane conditions in the nation’s overcrowded penitentiaries
The Gazette
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The facility has recorded previous jailbreaks, including in 2017 when an attack by a religious sect freed dozens.
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