BATAM, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police launched an intense manhunt Wednesday to recapture more than 100 prisoners after a group of inmates fled detention on Batam island — the second jailbreak in Indonesia in less than a week.
The latest escape occurred early Wednesday when 12 inmates — all awaiting trial on drug charges — beat two guards and a janitor before escaping from a state detention center on Batam, which is located near Singapore, said police chief Brig.
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