Five prisoners escaped from a pre-trial detention center in the town of Istra, Moscow region, by unscrewing the locks on their doors, said Spokesperson for the Russian Investigative Committee’s regional branch Olga Vrady, APA reports citing TASS.
According to her, one of the fugitives is Alexander Mavridi, charged with murdering a businessman and unlawfully depriving a Moscow lawyer of liberty. Prosecutors are looking into the incident.
A law enforcement source, the prisoners could have broken a food tray and then picked a lock, escaping through the back door. The fugitives have no weapons.
According to the law enforcement source, police officers could have helped the defendants escape. "One of the versions is that police officers were in collusion with the fugitives, helped them escape and even set out their escape route," according to the source.
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