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'Mass jailbreak' from Yemen prison Yemen conflict: 'More than 1,000' prisoners escape
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About 1,200 prisoners, including al-Qaeda suspects, escape from jail in Yemen following clashes, officials say About 1,200 prisoners, including al-Qaeda suspects, have escaped from a prison in central Yemen, officials say.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. There were clashes at the prison in the central town of Taiz ahead of the break out.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Yemen is in the grip of its most severe crisis in years, as competing forces fight for control of the country.
The country was thrown into turmoil after the Houthi rebels forced President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi to flee to Aden and then to Saudi Arabia.