Police in Wewak are on the lookout for inmates who escaped from the Boram Correctional Institution on New Years’ afternoon.
East Sepik Provincial Police Commander Peter Philips says that 29 inmates broke out using a pair of pliers to cut through the fence to escape.
They were later sighted by some of the officer when the prison alarm went off.
PPC Philips says out of the 29, 10 were recaptured and the two that died are in the General Hospital in Wewak while the rest are still at large.
Police are working together with the CS to recapture these inmates.