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To: long-gone who wrote (15301)	8/4/1998 5:32:00 PM
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OT Bourbon? Manhunt for survivors of jail break-out By Marcus Warren in Moscow -- THREE escaped prisoners have spent a fourth night on the run in one of Russia's bleakest landscapes, the Chukotka peninsula facing Alaska. The men, all heavily armed, have avoided recapture despite a huge manhunt involving helicopters and armoured vehicles and army, interior ministry, security service and border guard units. They are the last survivors of 11 remand prisoners who staged a mass break-out from a detention centre on Cape Schmidt last Friday. Six have been caught and two killed. The Russian authorities ordered their forces to shoot to kill the fugitives after they opened fire on helicopters broadcasting pleas for them to surrender through loudspeakers. The three prisoners still at large are believed to be living off a hoard of vodka and food they looted on their first day of freedom. The liquor store was their first destination after escaping from prison. During their break-out they also helped themselves to 23 assault rifles, a machine gun, 32 handguns and six rifles, weapons they have used with ruthless determination during their adventures in the tundra. Of the original 11, six were conscript soldiers accused of murdering their officer, and five civilians in custody on rape and robbery charges. It is not clear whether the three remaining fugitives are soldiers or civilians. The prisoners are said to hiding out some 40 miles from the nearest settlement and posing no danger to the local Eskimo people.