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Nobuntu Gantana of the Eastern Cape Department of Correctional Services said the inmates were serving sentences for rape, aggressive battery and kidnapping.
File Image: Authorities were investigating exactly how they managed to flee. Image: EWN.
CAPE TOWN – Two prisoners remained at large on Sunday after escaping from the Grahamstown Correctional Center in Makhanda.
The inmates, Lonwabo Ngqokowana, 36, and Zuko Luzuko Lizo Makhanda Gxasheka Sabatha, 37, escaped from custody on Saturday afternoon.
Nobuntu Gantana, from the Eastern Cape Department of Correctional Services, said the inmates were serving sentences for rape, aggressive battery and kidnapping.
Authorities were investigating exactly how they managed to flee.
Gantana urged members of the public not to try to stop the men when they are found, as they are dangerous criminals.
Those who have seen the couple or have information about their disappearance are urged to contact the nearest police station.
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