Belgian convicts flee in daring airborne escape !!
Three prisoners, among them one of Belgium’s most dangerous criminals, escaped Thursday in an audacious jailbreak in broad daylight aboard a hijacked helicopter, the Justice Ministry said.
Two accomplices rented a helicopter, took the pilot hostage, and forced him to land in the courtyard of the jail, located in the northern city of Bruges, a ministry spokesperson told Belga news agency.
The escaped convicts and the accomplice were dropped off near a major road and the helicopter was abandoned at Aalter, on the outskirts of Bruges.
The convicts then seized a vehicle from a nearby petrol pump, later switching cars and taking a female driver hostage before dropping her off at Melle in Flanders, according to the police.
The three escapees — bank robber Ashraf Sekkaki, Mohammed Johry and Abdel Had Kahjary Mulloul — are all repeat offenders, prosecutors in Bruges told Belga.
Sekkaki, 26, has been described as one of Belgium’s most dangerous criminals, and was jailed for 10 years for a slew of crimes. He had escaped from a prison in the northern city of Turnhout in September 2003 and spent five months on the run before being captured by police.
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