More than 400 prisoners have escaped from the Croix-des-Bouquets prison in Haiti
leaving 25 people including the prison director dead.
The escape which happened from a jail near the capital, Port-au-Prince on Friday February 26, lead to the death of bystanders who were caught up in the violence.
One of those who fled, a notorious gang leader named as Arnel Joseph, was killed hours after escaping.
Joseph, still wearing prison ankle cuffs, was a passenger on a motorcycle that was flagged down at a checkpoint,
According to police spokesman Gary Desrosiers, Joseph, was still wearing prison ankle cuffs when he boarded a motorcycle .
The motorcycle was flagged down at a checkpoint but failed to stop.
Joseph then pulled a gun on officers who then shot and killed him, Desrosiers said.
Joseph was Haiti’s most-wanted gang leader before his arrest in 2019.
Eye Witnesses reported hearing bursts of gunfire as prisoners ran away from the prison.
Staff at a nearby clothing store…
Source: Linda Ikeji
