At least 33 were killed and over 1,500 escaped after a prison riot broke out in Mozambique on Christmas Day. The country has been facing major unrest following the controversial October elections

Thirty-three inmates were killed and 15 others sustained injuries during a violent clash with the prison's security forces.

Mozambique’s police chief has said that at least 6,000 inmates have escaped from a high-security prison in the capital on Christmas Day after a rebellion, as widespread post-election riots and violence continue to engulf the country.

At least 6,000 prisoners have escaped from a maximum security 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.

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MAPUTO - Mozambique remains on the knife edge. Protests continue to engulf the country as politicians try to solve an electoral impasse. READ: Mass jailbreak in Mozambique amid post-election unrest Violence is escalating after the country’s Constitutional Court endorsed the disputed October elections this week.