A manhunt is underway for 17 convicts who escaped from the Kerevat Jail in East New Britain at around 4:00 AM local time on August 4, Correctional Services acting commissioner Bernard Nepo said. Nepo blamed the escape on possible “negligence within the prison’s management” because it happened within the prison cells. “The 17 men were...

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