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Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo say 129 inmates died as they tried to escape from the country's largest prison in the capital Kinshasa on Monday.
The country's Interior Minister, Jacquemain Shabani says 24 of the inmates were shot dead by police officers and the rest died of suffocation as they jostled to flee the detention facility.
Chris Ocamringa has more from Kinshasa...
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