Nearly 200 prisoners—and five convicted terrorists—may be roaming the streets of Indonesia today, after a deadly prison riot over a broken water supply led to a mass breakout. Five people were killed—two guards and three prisoners—as inmates at the maximum-security Tanjung Gusta facility in Medan lit fires, stole guns, took guards hostage, and burned a building in which they were trapped, CNN reports. About 240 prisoners escaped, though 64 have been recaptured and "the situation is under control," a prison rep told USA Today.
Around 800 soldiers and police have blocked roads to nearby provinces and are searching the area for the remaining inmates. "Legal action will be taken to chase them, and tougher action will be applied to those who refuse to surrender," a justice minister said. The prison itself houses 2,600 people—more than double the maximum capacity of 1,054—who were angered when a blackout knocked out their water supply, meaning they couldn't bathe or use the bathroom. (More prison riot stories.)
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