On 10 March 1994, 1,000 to 1,200 inmates (mainly Islamist militiants) escaped from a prison in
Tazoult
Tazoult is commune town in north-eastern Algeria.
Location
Tazoulte formerly known as Lambèse is in the wilaya of Batna east of Batna, west of Timgad and at west of Khenchela,
and centrally located in the wilaya of Batna.
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Algeria
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, who were fighting to overthrow the Algerian government since early 1992. They fled when an Islamist commando unit supported by the prison staff raided the prison and released the inmates. The escapees included 280 prisoners who were on death row. Authorities killed 5 men and arrested 39 during the prison escape. The
Armed Islamic Group of Algeria claimed responsibility for this from
Pakistan
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1994 in Algeria
Prison escapes