More than 100 inmates make deadly prison break in Chad

Mongo, Chad: More than 100 inmates escaped a Chad prison during a shoot out that left three people dead, and wounded a state governor visiting the fac...

Mongo, Chad: More than 100 inmates escaped a Chad prison during a shoot-out that left three people dead, and wounded a state governor visiting the facility, officials told AFP on Saturday.

The break-out occurred late Friday when an uprising happened in the high-security penitentiary five kilometres (three miles) from the town of Mongo, in the centre of the country.

"There are around 100 who escaped, three dead and three wounded," Hassan Souleymane Adam, secretary general of the Guera province in which Mongo is located, said.

A local Mongo official, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said prisoners broke into a manager's office to steal guns.

"A shootout with guards ensued, at the same time the governor arrived. He was wounded," he said.