Residents handed out coffee and sweets to passersby.Īn Israel Prison Service spokesperson said that the circumstances of the incident are being investigated.Ī photo published by Palestinian media shows the IDs of the six suspected escaped prisoners.Īn Israel Police spokesperson said there were not currently any security advisories in place for residents of the area following the incident, but urged them to exercise increased vigilance. In Jenin, Zubeidi’s hometown and perhaps the home of the other escapees as well, celebratory gunfire was heard Monday morning. Hamas, too, hailed the escape as a “heroic act of determination and willpower against the occupying forces.” The PIJ praised the escape on Monday morning as a “victory over the occupation.” The IDs of the six Palestinian terrorists who escaped from Gilboa Prison. Three of them had attempted escape in the past.Īn unnamed police source told Channel 12 the incident appeared to be “one of the gravest incidents” in recent memory.Īccording to Channel 13, Israeli security officials believe the six will attempt to flee to either Jordan or the Palestinian city of Jenin.Īrmy Radio said the men appeared to have received some outside help. The escaped prisoners were identified as Hossein Nayeri, 37, Jonathan Tieu, 20, and Bac Duong, 43, who were housed together in a 68-man dormitory-style unit of the jail before slipping away early. The six were all in jail for life in connection with deadly attacks against Israelis, and all were considered highly dangerous. The hole dug by the terrorists from their prison cell.
They were reported missing around 4 a.m., but may have fled hours earlier. The six were cellmates and tunneled out of Gilboa Prison in Beit Shean, where security forces launched a search. The brigades carried out deadly attacks against Israelis during a 2000-2005 Palestinian Intifada. They were identified by authorities as members of terrorist groups.įive of the prisoners belonged to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization and one, Zakaria Zubeidi, was a former commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a terrorist group affiliated with the Fatah faction. (Reuters/Gil Eliyahu)Ī massive manhunt was underway Monday morning after six Palestinians escaped from a high-security Israeli prison. He reportedly has a one-inch scar on the left side of his chin.Īnyone who believes they have spotted Causey is urged not to approach him and to call 911 immediately.Israeli security personnel stand together during searches outside Gilboa prison after six Palestinian terrorists broke out of it on Monday morning. He is 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 177 pounds. The escaped prisoner is described as being of medium build with brown hair and blue eyes. Authorities apprehended them after a three-day manhunt. He and fellow inmate Johnny Brewer reportedly hid in dumpster trash that was moved from the prison to a garbage truck.
Swerling had twice defended Causey.Ĭausey previously escaped the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia in 2005. The inmate had been serving a life sentence for kidnapping his own former defense attorney, Jack Swerling, and his family in 2002. At least 13 inmates escaped from Kuajok main prison in Warrap State on Friday, local officials said. The Post and Courier reports that Jimmy Causey escaped from the Lieber Correctional Institution in Dorchester County sometime Wednesday afternoon, and remains on the loose as of Thursday morning.Ī Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson told the newspaper that Causey is believed to be traveling alone.ĮSCAPE: Inmate Jimmy Causey from Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville, SC (Dorchester Co.) DO NOT APPROACH, Call 9-1-1 if seen /184xbzKScf Police are searching for a South Carolina inmate who escaped prison for the second time. Separate investigations are underway after a violent prisoner serving eight-and-a-half years for a vicious knife attack escaped from a Dublin hospital while in the custody of prison officers.
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