A man convicted of attempted murder escaped from Hiroshima Prison on Wednesday dressed only in his underwear, and police have launched a manhunt.
The fugitive, Chinese national Li Guolin, 40, is thought to have escaped from the prison, situated in Naka Ward in the city of Hiroshima, by scaling a 5-meter-high outer wall, police said.
Footholds were recently attached to the outer wall because of construction work. The sensors and alarms on the wall also had been switched off, police said. (Japan Times)
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