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Reuters: Gunmen Free Up To 800 Inmates From Nigeria Prison

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Tags: Nigeria, Police, Prison, Umaru Yar'Adua

Heavily armed gunmen attacked a prison in the central Nigerian city of Bauchi late on Tuesday, freeing as many as 800 inmates including suspected members of a militant Islamic sect, police said Wednesday.

State police commissioner Danlami Yar'Adua said the gunmen killed four people including two bodyguards and set part of the prison on fire. He said everything possible was being done to track down the escaped prisoners.

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