“Jihadists” take advantage of earthquake-related wall breaches in Syrian prison to escape

SYRIA, Feb. 07 (YPA) – A number of prisoners in a Syrian prison escaped in the northwest of the country, taking advantage of the cracks that occurred in the walls of the facility following the devastating earthquake that occurred on Monday and claimed thousands of lives and left tens of thousands wounded in both Turkey and Syria.

“Agence France-Presse” quoted a source at the prison as saying, “At least 20 people managed to escape from the prison, most of whose members are affiliated with the ISIS organization.”

The prison is called “Raju” in reference to the Syrian town of Raju in which it is located, and it houses about two thousand prisoners, including about 1,300 suspected of belonging to the ISIS, according to the same source. It is run by the military police of the Syrian opposition factions, and it also houses fighters from Kurdish forces backed by Washington.

YPA