Mass prison break in Haiti, 174 inmates flee after killing guard

Police set up checkpoints on streets driving from the jail and confined a few people without character cards, a Reuters witness said. Be that as it may, the 266 detainees of Arcahaie jail don't wear outfits, making it simpler for escapees to blend outside.

Eleven prisoners were discovered amid the break, which happened amid a period when some were showering, authorities said. The prisoners broke into a range utilized by the watchmen, taking no less than five rifles among different weapons. One monitor was shot dead.

Haiti's Priest of Equity Camille Edouard Junior said one detainee kicked the bucket subsequent to tumbling off a divider and hitting his head amid the escape from the Arcahaie jail on the drift north of capital Port-au-Sovereign.

"One protect was murdered amid the episode," Edouard Junior told Reuters. "Three detainees were injured, including one who passed on as an outcome of his injuries."

In the consequence of the escape, the watch's bloodied body lay at the jail and disposed of shoes were scattered on the ground.

The US government office in Haiti issued a security message around "a brutal jail soften up Arcahaie," and prompted its subjects to maintain a strategic distance from the range.