More than 1,300 inmates escape from prison in eastern DR Congo

An inmate is said to have died in the attack (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro)

More than 1,300 inmates have escaped from the central prison of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo after an attack by rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces, the city’s mayor has said.

Modeste Bakwanamaha told The Associated Press that one inmate had died in the attack on Kangbayi prison in the eastern city.