2020 Baabda prison escape
On 21 November 2020, 69 inmates escaped from a prison in Baabda, Lebanon.[1]
It was reported that the prisoners smashed their cell doors and attacked prison guards. Fifteen escapees were re-arrested and another four turned themselves in after. Five others were killed and one was injured in a car crash after stealing the car on the run.[1] 44 escapees were not caught.[2] Five escapees were killed when a car that they stole crashed into a tree during a police chase.[3]
In March 2021, police caught the organizer of the jailbreak, a Lebanese man identified only as "A.J.", during a raid in Bourj el-Barajneh. Under interrogation, he admitted to stealing "more than 30" motorcycles and selling them in a refugee camp.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Five dead after Lebanon jailbreak chase". Newcastle Herald. 21 November 2020.
- ^ "Over 40 Baabda prison escapees still at large". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ^ "Five killed in police chase after mass prison break in Lebanon". Al Jazeera. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ Yassine, Hussein (27 March 2021). "A Criminal Mastermind Of The Baabda Prison Break Was Just Arrested". 961. Retrieved 5 February 2025.