Eight Mile 2 remand inmates including three alleged killers escape

Eight remand prisoners at Mile 2 prison have escaped in the latest prison break to have rocked the high-security detention facility.

The eight prisoners escaped on early Wednesday morning after cutting the wires in the ventilation hall at the complex housing remand prisoners.

Prisons spokesman Modou Lamin Ceesay confirmed the incident and said a man hunt was underway.

Among the prisoners who escaped, four are on drug related charges while three are facing murder charges.