Moscow Prisoner Escape

A Russian prisoner charged with double murder on Tuesday escaped from one of Moscow's most formidable jails by breaking a hole in his cell ceiling, climbing through a ventilation shaft and jumping to freedom, the prison service said.

A murderer escaped from a Russian penal colony aboard a hijacked helicopter, but he was captured a few hours later.

A Russian prisoner charged with double murder on Tuesday escaped from one of Moscow's most formidable jails by breaking a hole in his cell ceiling, climbing through a ventilation shaft and jumping to freedom, the prison service said.

A murderer escaped from a Russian penal colony aboard a hijacked helicopter, but he was captured a few hours later.