Authorities in North Macedonia have taken action against 17 police officers who were serving at a prison in the country's capital, Skopje. The officers have been detained on suspicion of assisting in the separate escapes of two inmates, one of whom is a murder convict.
The first incident involved six officers who are believed to have played a role in the escape of the murder convict last October. During a scheduled visit to a private hospital, the inmate was accompanied by two of the suspected officers to a smoking area. The officers then left the inmate unattended, allowing him to escape. The escape was not reported to superiors by the officers on duty, and the convict remains at large.
