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Suspect escapes from police cells, anther one commits suicide
24 Dec 2013 at 02:21hrs | Views
HARARE - A suspect reportedly escaped from Harare Central Police on Sunday night using blankets as a rope to lower himself to the ground.
Sources said the suspect who had been arrested over stolen mobile phones allegedly used blankets as a rope to lower himself to the ground.
Harare provincial spokesperson Inspector Tadius Chibanda confirmed the incidents last night saying: "One suspect
arrested for unlawful entry and theft escaped from Harare Central Police holding cells on the night of 22-23. He went through the fire escape where he used blankets as a rope to lower himself to the ground.
"On the same night one murder suspect was found dead after he hung himself using a cloth on burglar bars."
The development comes after two criminals also escaped from Mwenezi Prison recently. In October two prisoners attacked a guard and escaped from Chikurubi Prison.
The two escaped from Chikurubi Prison Farm where they were working after attacking a prison officer with a hoe and robbed him of his uniform.
By October, 34 prisoners had escaped from various holding centres across the country. Thirteen of the escapees having been recaptured.
Sources said the suspect who had been arrested over stolen mobile phones allegedly used blankets as a rope to lower himself to the ground.
Harare provincial spokesperson Inspector Tadius Chibanda confirmed the incidents last night saying: "One suspect
arrested for unlawful entry and theft escaped from Harare Central Police holding cells on the night of 22-23. He went through the fire escape where he used blankets as a rope to lower himself to the ground.
"On the same night one murder suspect was found dead after he hung himself using a cloth on burglar bars."
The development comes after two criminals also escaped from Mwenezi Prison recently. In October two prisoners attacked a guard and escaped from Chikurubi Prison.
The two escaped from Chikurubi Prison Farm where they were working after attacking a prison officer with a hoe and robbed him of his uniform.
By October, 34 prisoners had escaped from various holding centres across the country. Thirteen of the escapees having been recaptured.
Source - NewsDay
