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ix inmates escaped a prison in Abepura district, Jayapura, Papua, during a church service and family visitation event on Sunday.

The inmates climbed the prison wall when security was relaxed to accommodate the activities at 10:10 a.m.

“They used the opportunity when several guards went to Mass at a church in the prison. They climbed the wall using bed sheets as a rope,” Abepura prison warden Bagus Kurniawan told The Jakarta Post.

The prison break was discovered after an officer, Gidion Wanda, saw the bedsheets hanging over the wall. It was later discovered that the inmates crossed a drain and then climbed the wall. “We have contacted the Jayapura Police to investigate further,” said Bagus.