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October 9, 2011

Daily Star - Syrian man caught trying to escape Roumieh, October 9, 2011

BEIRUT: A Syrian man with a life sentence was caught over the weekend trying to escape Lebanon’s largest prison complex Roumieh.The Internal Security Forces said in a statement Saturday that the man, identified as A.T., tried to escape the prison complex by hiding on top of a civilian pick-up truck that had been unloading bread inside the internal kitchen section of the convict’s wing at the jail.The 40-year old inmate is serving a life sentence after being convicted on murder charges.In separate news, the ISF said it had also apprehended a 32-year-old man, identified as K.K., who has several arrest warrants against him, including for attempted murder, theft, assault and possession of a pistol without a license in Mina, Tripoli, north Lebanon.

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