Indonesian authorities on Thursday were hunting for 32 prisoners.
They were released temporarily during a tsunami alert triggered by a massive quake, a local police chief said.
Dumadi, police chief of Pidie district in Aceh province, said 63 prisoners left through an open gate after Wednesday s massive 8.6-magnitude quake that triggered a tsunami warning across the Indian Ocean, but that not all had returned.
"We are still searching for 32 prisoners who haven t returned since last night," said Dumadi, who goes by one name.
Guards left the prison gate open during the alert to allow prisoners to try to save their lives if a tsunami struck, he said.
Fears of a tsunami run high in Aceh, which was virtually flattened during a 2004 tsunami that killed 170,000 people in the province.
Wednesday s quake did not result in a sizeable tsunami and inflicted only minor damage.
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They were released temporarily during a tsunami alert triggered by a massive quake, a local police chief said.
Dumadi, police chief of Pidie district in Aceh province, said 63 prisoners left through an open gate after Wednesday s massive 8.6-magnitude quake that triggered a tsunami warning across the Indian Ocean, but that not all had returned.
"We are still searching for 32 prisoners who haven t returned since last night," said Dumadi, who goes by one name.
Guards left the prison gate open during the alert to allow prisoners to try to save their lives if a tsunami struck, he said.
Fears of a tsunami run high in Aceh, which was virtually flattened during a 2004 tsunami that killed 170,000 people in the province.
Wednesday s quake did not result in a sizeable tsunami and inflicted only minor damage.
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