‘Deaths’ during mass prison break in DR Congo’s Goma: security source

Residents carry their belongings as they flee from Kibati, where fighting has intensified, towards the city of Goma on January 26, 2025. (AFP)
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GOMA: A mass jailbreak was taking place on Monday morning at a prison in the besieged Congolese city of Goma, hours after fighters from the armed group M23 and Rwandan troops entered the city, a security source told AFP.
The prison, which holds around 3,000 inmates, was “totally torched” following a huge jailbreak that resulted in “deaths,” the security source said, without giving further details.
Fleeing prisoners could be seen in the surrounding streets, according to an AFP journalist.