<p>Some 170 prisoners escaped Tuesday from a prison in Libya's Sebha, some 800 km from Tripoli, Xinhua reported citing an official.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Abobker Hamza, Sebha's local council spokesman, said the escape took place after a dispute among the prisoners turned into chaos.<br /><br />So far, some of the prisoners have turned themselves in and some have been hunted down, while a large number of them remain at large, Abobker noted.<br /><br />The local council members have met with Ramadan Barrasi, military governor of southern Libya, to discuss ways to deal with the incident, he added.<br /><br />The Sebha prison witnessed four escapes in two months due to the deteriorating security situation in the city. </p>
<p>Some 170 prisoners escaped Tuesday from a prison in Libya's Sebha, some 800 km from Tripoli, Xinhua reported citing an official.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Abobker Hamza, Sebha's local council spokesman, said the escape took place after a dispute among the prisoners turned into chaos.<br /><br />So far, some of the prisoners have turned themselves in and some have been hunted down, while a large number of them remain at large, Abobker noted.<br /><br />The local council members have met with Ramadan Barrasi, military governor of southern Libya, to discuss ways to deal with the incident, he added.<br /><br />The Sebha prison witnessed four escapes in two months due to the deteriorating security situation in the city. </p>