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More than 100 inmates make deadly prison break in Chad

Over 100 inmates escape from a Chad prison during a shoot-out that killed three and injured a visiting state governor, officials confirm. [iStockPhotos]

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.

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