2020 Baabda prison escape

On 21 November 2020, 69 inmates escaped from a prison in Baabda, Lebanon.^[1]

It was reported that the prisoners smashed their cell doors and attacked prison guards. Fifteen escapees were re-arrested and another four turned themselves in after. Five others were killed and one was injured in a car crash after stealing the car on the run.^[1] 44 escapees were not caught.^[2] Five escapees were killed when a car that they stole crashed into a tree during a police chase.^[3]

In March 2021, police caught the organizer of the jailbreak, a Lebanese man identified only as "A.J.", during a raid in Bourj el-Barajneh. Under interrogation, he admitted to stealing "more than 30" motorcycles and selling them in a refugee camp.^[4]