Inmates flee as rocket hits jail in Donetsk

More than 100 prisoners fled from a high-security prison in eastern Ukraine after it was hit by shelling in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, local authorities have said.

More than 100 prisoners fled from a high-security prison in eastern Ukraine after it was hit by shelling in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, local authorities have said.

City council spokesman Maxim Rovensky said a jail riot was precipitated by a direct rocket hit which claimed the life of at least one inmate.

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