Four prison inmates have been shot dead during a mass breakout of Papua New Guinea's Buimo jail in Lae.
The four were shot on Saturday by police who wounded two other escapees.
Nine are still on the run.
Reception area at Buimo Jail Photo: Human Rights Watch
The Post Courier reported the breakout came about a year after 17 inmates from the same jail were shot dead during a 77-man breakout last June.
Police said Saturday's breakout occured during visiting hours when a knife was was allegedly smuggled into the prison.
A prison guard was stabbed before the escapees jumped the fence, police said.
The nine men still on the run are believed to have climbed over a mountain in the Lae suburb of West Taraka.
Police are searching the area and calling for information from the public.
