PNG police hunt for more than 50 men after prison escape
Liam Fox, PNG correspondent
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Police in Papua New Guinea are hunting more than 50 men who broke out of a prison near the capital, Port Moresby.
The breakout happened while police were busy controlling the crowd at a rugby league match between Australian and PNG in Port Moresby on Sunday afternoon.
Knowing how violent the streets of Port Morseby can be, and how serious the escape of more than 50 prisoners really is, I still had a giggle at hearing about this story.
The story, though, has changed somewhat...prison guards were "patrolling" at the rugby match is somewhat at a distance to the initial reports that the guards wanted to "watch" the match, leaving the prison unattended.
Giggles aside, we hope that all the criminals are successfully recaptured, and maybe next time the match can be better organised - security-wise ;)
Interesting side-note is the fact it was the Prime Ministers' Australian team vs PNG's - still its worth the giggle ;)
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