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12 detainees escape from police detention in Medan
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Police officers guard a detention facility at a police office in Medan, where 12 detainees escaped from their cell after cutting through the metal grille covering a ventilation shaft. (Antara/Septianda Perdana)
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welve detainees, including a woman, have escaped from a police detention facility at the Percut Sei Tuan police station in Medan, North Sumatra, after cutting through the metal grille covering a ventilation shaft.
Medan Police chief Sr. Comr. Sandi Nugroho said the detainees were no longer there when a police officer checked the cell at 3 a.m. on Friday.
The grille of the cell’s ventilation shaft had been sawn when the police officer checked the cell,” Sandi told journalists at the police office on Friday.
The detainees are Yudi Sanjaya, Dika Andrian, Abdi Lubis, Aprianto alias Black, Andes Sianturi, Abdul Imam, Novi Andri Syahputera, M.Aldi Reza, M.Fadli Reza, M.Tahir Nasution, Agus Ramadani and Kasima Handayani, the female detainee.
They are Medan residents who are suspected to have committed petty crimes in the city.
Sandi expressed his optimism that they would soon be recaptured, saying that police had already identified their hideouts. (bbn)
