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US President Donald Trump told the New York Post Tuesday he had helped stop a prison break of European jihadists in Syria, referring to the Shadadi incident.

From Barron's Jan. 21, 2026

A misconduct hearing for a Metropolitan Police firearms officer who fatally shot a man during a foiled prison break in 2015 has been discontinued.

From BBC Oct. 15, 2025

It also describes a high-stakes prison break that saw 38 men escape.

From New York Times Jun. 7, 2024

There's saving the family business, saving the small, perpetually besieged town of Hawkins, Indiana, and then there's saving the galaxy, one heist or prison break at a time.

From Salon Dec. 31, 2022

He was low on sleep and exhausted after the excitement of the prison break, and now his thoughts were buzzing and jumping at the possibility of thirty million kruge.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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