Inmates stage mass escape in western Libya amid armed clashes

Libyan police said inmates staged a mass escape from a jail on Tuesday while armed clashes erupted nearby in two cities ​west of the capital Tripoli.

The Tripoli-based Judicial Police Authority ‌said in a statement that the mass escape happened at Surman jail and that it had launched an investigation into the incident.

Police did not reveal ​the exact number of inmates who escaped from the jail, adding that it formed ​a committee to "identify them and take necessary legal action ⁠against them."

-Reuters