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Half of Indonesian escaped inmates recaptured

July 17, 2013

Police hold a checkpoint Friday (July 12th) in Aceh's Tamiang district at the border with North Sumatra to search for escaped prisoners after the Tanjung Gusta prison riot in Medan. Police said Tuesday 102 inmates were captured. [Sutanta Aditya/AFP]

Police hold a checkpoint Friday (July 12th) in Aceh's Tamiang district at the border with North Sumatra to search for escaped prisoners after the Tanjung Gusta prison riot in Medan. Police said Tuesday 102 inmates were captured. [Sutanta Aditya/AFP]

MEDAN, Indonesia – Police announced Tuesday (July 16th) that they have rounded up 102 inmates who escaped last week during a deadly riot and fire at the Tanjung Gusta prison in Medan, local media reported.

An estimated 210 inmates, including terrorists, were involved in the July 11th jailbreak that left five people dead, Antara reported.

The Star reported that Malaysia is on high alert for four of the terrorists. Special Task Force (Operations and Counter Terrorism) director Mohamad Fuzi Harun said police and other agencies are patrolling the borders. "There is a possibility that these men might slip back into the country through illegal entry points along the coast."

The four were part of a larger gang that robbed CIMB Niaga Bank, the Indonesian branch of CIMB Bank in August 2010, killing a police officer and wounding two bank security guards.

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