Summary At least 12 people including five policemen and four prisoners were killed in the attack.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – At least 23 prisoners, who escaped during DI Khan jail attack, voluntarily surrendered themselves to police today (Wednesday).
Security officials said that a search was still underway to apprehend as many escaped prisoners as possible.
Security forces also released a list of 252 prisoners who had gone missing after the Taliban attack on DI Khan s central prison.
The list includes the names of 11 high-profile terrorists who escaped from Barrack No 11.
On the other hand, District Police Officer of DI Khan, Khalid Sohail, was made Officer on Special Duty (OSD) by Inspector General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police Ihsan Ghani.
Ghani also suspended SP (City) and three other SHOs over the incident.
Earlier IG of KP police chaired a high-level meeting in Peshawar to discuss security issues in order to avoid similar incidents.
The overnight assault on the Central Prison took place despite reports that regional officials had received intelligence days, if not weeks, ago suggesting such an attack was imminent.
Officials blamed a combination of negligence and lack of communication among Pakistan s many security agencies, but some suggested there may have been a degree of insider help.
Just hours before the attack, army and police units had met at the jail to discuss security, one source said on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.
The attack came a year after a similar mass jailbreak in the northern town of Bannu which Taliban militants said was carried out with inside help from prison guards. An inquiry later found there were far fewer guards on duty than there should have been.
A senior Taliban official told Reuters separately the latest attack was masterminded by Adnan Rashid, a Taliban commander who was himself freed in last year s prison break.
Tehreek-e-Taliban said they had sent a squad of 100 fighters and seven suicide bombers on a mission to free some of their top leaders, and they said they released 250 prisoners - a number roughly matched by Pakistani authorities.
