6,000 inmates escape from Mozambique jail amid post-election violence

At least 6,000 prisoners have escaped from a maximum prison in Mozambique as widespread post-election riots and violence continue to engulf the country, officials said Wednesday.

Thirty-three of them are said to have died during confrontations with the police and the military.

Mozambican police chief Bernardino Rafael said 6,000 inmates broke out of a maximum security prison in the capital Maputo after a rebellion on Wednesday on the…