MEDAN: Indonesian police yesterday expanded their search for 131 inmates including four militants who escaped from a jail during a riot that left five dead, a spokesman said.
“We stepped up efforts by instructing all police forces across Sumatra island to carry out a massive hunt operation,” Heru Prakoso, spokesman for the North Sumatra police, said.
Security forces managed to regain control of the prison on Friday afternoon and had recaptured 81 of the 212 inmates who escaped, he said, adding that four convicted of terrorist offences were still on the loose.
The escaped terror convicts had been involved in militant training for Mumbai-style attacks on high-profile Indonesians.
AFP
