BREAKING: 31 prisoners escape as police van ambushed in PMB
Updated | By Nushera Soodyal
31 prisoners have made a run for it after a police truck was attacked travelling en-route from Pietermaritzburg's New Prison to the Magistrates Court.
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Police say five armed suspects stopped and blocked the vehicle by a bridge on Devonshire Road this morning.
They then allegedly pointed firearms at the police officers and forced them to open the rear of the truck.
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31 of the 45 prisoners that were in the truck escaped.
Update to follow
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