Hunt for Daniel Abed Khalife, terror suspect who escaped a London prison, enters second day
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The manhunt for an escaped prisoner in the United Kingdom entered its second day Thursday as authorities raced to track down terror suspect and former British soldier Daniel Abed Khalife. The 21-year-old escaped a London prison Wednesday, reportedly by clinging to the underside of a delivery truck.
The Times of London newspaper said Khalife, who worked in the kitchen at South London's Wandsworth prison, crawled under a delivery van wearing chef's garb and held on as it drove out the gates. Khalife was reported missing at 7:50 a.m. local time (2:50 a.m. Eastern) Wednesday, U.K. police have said.
The former British Army soldier had been awaiting trial at the prison on terrorism related charges accusing him of planting fake bombs at an army base. Khalife was also accused of collecting sensitive personal information about soldiers from a U.K. Ministry of Defense database, CBS News partner network BBC News reported Thursday.
