Three prisoners still at large

Three prisoners still at large

DILI, East Timor: Police appealed yesterday to three convicts who escaped last month from the Becora Correctional Facility to turn themselves in, promising that, like seven other escapees before them, they would be well treated.

East Timor Police Chief Col. Andreas Sugianto made the appeal after one convict turned himself in on Saturday, Antara reported.

Altogether, 10 inmates broke out of the correctional facility following an uprising that left one convict dead and dozens of others people, including guards, injured. Two prisoners were apprehended the day of the riot and four prisoners the following day.

The latest inmate to turn himself in was identified as Ipoleto da Silva. He had turned to a friend in Dili, who in turn informed the police, Andreas said. (emb)