Police across Italy on
Tuesday were looking for three Romanian inmates who escaped from
Florence's Sollicciano prison the previous night.
Investigators believe the inmates, suspected members of a
criminal organization specialized in theft who were arrested at
the beginning of the month, ran away aboard a car driven by an
accomplice who was waiting for them outside the prison north of
Florence.
Security has been tightened at bus and train stations across
Tuscany.
According to preliminary investigations, the three men -
identified as Ciocan Danut Costel, Bordeiano Costel and Doncin
Constantin Catalin - escaped by digging a hole in a wall in
their cell.
They then climbed down into a court and over the prison's
protective wall.
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