Beirut: More than 30 people fled Lebanon According to a judicial official, the detention center at dawn on Sunday, said security forces after watching their way through a window.
“In the morning … 31 prisoners managed to escape” from a detention center in the Adilh neighborhood of the capital Beirut. internal security force said in a statement on Sunday.
“Immediate orders were given to arrest him and investigation is on.”
A judicial officer probing the incident said the detainees smashed the prison window using saws smuggled into the facility.
“The escapees include Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian, among other foreigners,” he told AFP on condition of anonymity.
A security source confirmed the escape route, saying prisoners The aid was probably received by an outsider.
On Sunday morning, an AFP correspondent saw security forces and army men stationed at a Beirut neighborhood residence Jail,
The Adlieh detention center was formerly under the control of Lebanon. general safety agency but is now run by the prison authority of the country.
It was notorious for its abuses against detained Syrian refugees and foreign migrant domestic workers, according to rights groups including Human Rights Watch.
The prison break came as Lebanon was grappling with an unprecedented economic crisis that has seen the value of the Lebanese pound lose more than 90 percent of its value against the dollar on the black market.
Inflation has skyrocketed and public sector salaries have been on the decline, forcing soldiers and other members of the security forces to leave en masse to try to lead an alternative life.
The crisis has worsened Lebanon’s already depressing prisons, with poor conditions and a lack of medical care regularly sparking Prion riots and unrest.
“In the morning … 31 prisoners managed to escape” from a detention center in the Adilh neighborhood of the capital Beirut. internal security force said in a statement on Sunday.
“Immediate orders were given to arrest him and investigation is on.”
A judicial officer probing the incident said the detainees smashed the prison window using saws smuggled into the facility.
“The escapees include Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian, among other foreigners,” he told AFP on condition of anonymity.
A security source confirmed the escape route, saying prisoners The aid was probably received by an outsider.
On Sunday morning, an AFP correspondent saw security forces and army men stationed at a Beirut neighborhood residence Jail,
The Adlieh detention center was formerly under the control of Lebanon. general safety agency but is now run by the prison authority of the country.
It was notorious for its abuses against detained Syrian refugees and foreign migrant domestic workers, according to rights groups including Human Rights Watch.
The prison break came as Lebanon was grappling with an unprecedented economic crisis that has seen the value of the Lebanese pound lose more than 90 percent of its value against the dollar on the black market.
Inflation has skyrocketed and public sector salaries have been on the decline, forcing soldiers and other members of the security forces to leave en masse to try to lead an alternative life.
The crisis has worsened Lebanon’s already depressing prisons, with poor conditions and a lack of medical care regularly sparking Prion riots and unrest.