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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - The main militant group in Nigeria's restive, oil-rich south said dozens of its heavily armed forces raided a prison Sunday and freed one of their leaders.
Officials in the oil-industry center of Port Harcourt confirmed there was a prison break, but did not say who escaped. Officials said one passer-by died when the militants exploded dynamite to break through the prison walls.
Several other civilians were injured, but no security forces were hurt, said Felix Ugbaudu, police commissioner of Rivers state where the attack occurred.
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