More than 50 inmates have escaped from Moroto Government Prisons.
They escaped at around 5:00 pm on Wednesday(16th September 2020) after reportedly breaking into the armory and stealing about 30 guns.
The prisoners are reported to have fled towards Tapac and Loputuk Sub Counties.
A
prisons officer who spoke on condition of anonymity said the inmates attacked
an officer on duty and broke into the armory.
Gunfire rocked Moroto town for at least 30 minutes as a combined force of the
army, police and prisons engaged the armed inmates in a gunfire.
Moments
later two military helicopters were seen hovering over Mount Moroto where the
inmates are believed to have been hiding.
Grace Nali a crime Preventer in Singila Cell, Moroto Municipality said they
heard gunfire and saw a lot of inmates running.
Last week, Moroto Government Prison was closed to new inmates after 30 inmates
tested positive to Covid- 19.
All the 30 were evacuated to Jinja Isolation Centre for treatment while over 200 other inmates were placed under quarantine. Ends .
