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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Greece: 2 hurt, 11 escape in prison shooting





TRIKALA, Greece (AP) — At least eleven inmates have escaped from a prison in central Greece after gunmen brazenly attacked the site with grenades and automatic weapons, kicking off a nightlong standoff between police and prisoners.

A senior police official told the Associated Press on Saturday that 11 inmates were missing after the gun battle and standoff, which ended at dawn when police special forces entered the prison.


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