Residents handed out coffee and sweets to passersby.Īn Israel Prison Service spokesperson said that the circumstances of the incident are being investigated.Ī photo published by Palestinian media shows the IDs of the six suspected escaped prisoners.Īn Israel Police spokesperson said there were not currently any security advisories in place for residents of the area following the incident, but urged them to exercise increased vigilance. The escape happened on Highway 7 near Centerville, which is about 120 miles north of Houston, at around 1:20 p.m., according to department officials. In Jenin, Zubeidi’s hometown and perhaps the home of the other escapees as well, celebratory gunfire was heard Monday morning. Hamas, too, hailed the escape as a “heroic act of determination and willpower against the occupying forces.” The PIJ praised the escape on Monday morning as a “victory over the occupation.” The IDs of the six Palestinian terrorists who escaped from Gilboa Prison. Three of them had attempted escape in the past.Īn unnamed police source told Channel 12 the incident appeared to be “one of the gravest incidents” in recent memory.Īccording to Channel 13, Israeli security officials believe the six will attempt to flee to either Jordan or the Palestinian city of Jenin.Īrmy Radio said the men appeared to have received some outside help. The six were all in jail for life in connection with deadly attacks against Israelis, and all were considered highly dangerous. The hole dug by the terrorists from their prison cell. They were reported missing around 4 a.m., but may have fled hours earlier. It’s ridiculous he didn’t have a bigger guard on the road for medical. It was like a bad western you saw on the 1960s where the prison wagon wheel breaks and the bad man gets away from the prison guards. This guy was part of the Mexican mafia and one of the worst prisoners we had in lockup. The six were cellmates and tunneled out of Gilboa Prison in Beit Shean, where security forces launched a search. NEAL’S POV: Texans deserve answers on Uvalde. The brigades carried out deadly attacks against Israelis during a 2000-2005 Palestinian Intifada. They were identified by authorities as members of terrorist groups.įive of the prisoners belonged to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization and one, Zakaria Zubeidi, was a former commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a terrorist group affiliated with the Fatah faction. (Reuters/Gil Eliyahu)Ī massive manhunt was underway Monday morning after six Palestinians escaped from a high-security Israeli prison. The state eliminated some security posts at the prison five years ago, according to the union, which also complained about low staffing.Israeli security personnel stand together during searches outside Gilboa prison after six Palestinian terrorists broke out of it on Monday morning. Security management "remains a concern, both in terms of how the higher security inmates are handled, as well as discipline for misconduct," according to a May report by the Correctional Institution Inspection Committee. The unit is designed to hold inmates with proven safety threats because of the notoriety of their crimes, testimony they have given or gang threats, the committee said.Īn April inspection by the committee noted ongoing security concerns at the unit. Lane was housed on a "protective control" unit, a higher security setting than the main compound, according to a legislative prisons oversight committee statement Friday. The escape occurred at Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution, a minimum- and medium-security prison in Lima, about 80 miles south of Toledo. "It takes everyone back to 2/27 and what was happening that day." Logan's escape comes after a dozen prison employees were suspended in Mississippi earlier this year after failing to. "It's a trigger," district spokeswoman Ellen Ondrey said of the escape. A manhunt is underway after an inmate escaped from a prison in Oklahoma.
According to the GBI, five inmates escaped from Pulaski County Law Enforcement Center in Hawkinsville, Georgia on Saturday morning. ( WRBL) A Blue Alert has been issued following the escape of several inmates from a Georgia prison. School officials canceled classes Friday. Search underway after 5 violent inmates escape Georgia prison.
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