Three prisoners escaped from a children’s colony in Kremenchuk

On 9 August, around three o'clock in the morning, three prisoners escaped from the Kremenchuk children's colony.

As the head of the children's colony, Leonid BONDARENKO, informed journalists, one of the escapees had been convicted of murder, and the other two for theft and robbery.

L. BONDARENKO explained that the prisoners had broken the lock on the fire escape door during the night, bent the bars, and climbed via the fire escape from the first to the third floor.

There, they removed glass from a window and descended to the ground in the pre-zone area using bedsheets.

‘They were seen there by a guard-controller. He tried to stop the prisoners, but he did not succeed. He was alone, and there were three of them. We are currently investigating why the guard acted in that way and not otherwise. The prisoners overcame the wall between the colony and the street on the side of the city dairy factory,’ L. BONDARENKO recounted.

Currently, the ‘Interception’ plan has been implemented in the region. The search for the escapees is ongoing.