384 prisoners escape after Taliban raid on Pakistan prison - CNN.com

384 prisoners escape after Taliban raid on Pakistan prison - CNN.com

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Authorities in northern Pakistan were looking for 384 inmates who escaped from a prison early Sunday morning after hundreds of Taliban militants raided the facility.

The attack took place in the city of Bannu in northwest Pakistan, an area known for a heavy militant presence.

Four prison officials were wounded in the attack, which lasted more than two hours, said Iftikhar Khan, a senior police official in the city.

Of the 944 prisoners the facility held, 384 escaped, officials said.

Among them were 21 high-profile militants, said Iftikhar Hussain, the information minister of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, where Bannu is located....

-bth: a spectacular jail break with only 4 guards hurt.  Kind of like last years Kandahar break of over 700.