Unsuccessful escape of the prisoners of the biggest penitentiary in the Congo/ 129 people were killed!
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News, according to Al Jazeera, according to the announcement of the Democratic Republic of Congo authorities, during the prisoners’ attempt to escape from “Makala” prison in Kinshasa, the capital of this country, at least 129 people died!
Congo Interior Minister Shebani Loko wrote in a message on X that the prisoners at the same time as the fire that broke out in the office buildings from The prison clinic was under fire, they were planning to escape.
He wrote: The number of victims is 129 people, of which 24 people died after not paying attention to the jailer’s warning shot. They were shot.
According to him, at least 59 people were injured and significant damage was done to the buildings. The Minister of Interior is going to hold a “crisis” meeting with defense and security institutions. Makala Prison is the biggest prison in Congo and was built to accommodate 1,500 prisoners. This prison currently has between 14,000 and 15,000 prisoners, most of whom are awaiting trial!
Prisoners have escaped from this prison before. In 2017, more than four thousand prisoners escaped after armed men attacked officers. Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, who is currently on an official visit to China, has not yet issued any statement about the Makala prison incident.
