Manhunt underway as terror suspect escapes Wandsworth Prison

A former soldier accused of planting fake bombs at a military base has escaped from prison in south London.

Daniel Abed Khalife went missing from HMP Wandsworth this morning, sparking a major manhunt with extra security checks put in place at Heathrow and Gatwick airports.

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[BIBIWCICC]

It’s not just the government we need to change it’s the whole system. Companies like SERCO run prisons, airports, water treatment plants and all sorts of other government entities, they make millions in profits for their wealthy benefactors but fail regularly. We need a total complete and utter revamp to prevent this continuous appallingly preventable failures.

[TheEnglishGrafter]

What an absolute mess this country is in.

[celestesmith]

Let's take a moment to appreciate the courage and ingenuity of this man.

[Damn_Cat]

How exactly do they determine that someone who was willing to stage an escape from prison is a "low risk threat"? What do they expect the public to do, invite him in for tea, he won't bite, don't worry about it?

[georgeryan]

They weren't collecting all the facts, they were trying to catch him before they had to make the embarrassing statement that he had escaped.

[spookybizzle]

Man really did 'Prison Break' in real life.

[ge]

took over 7 hours to alert the public. just about enough time to drive pretty much anywhere in the country, so he could have gotten to any port by then. well done. thank god your guys were "accurate". you might have shown the wrong photo of the guys face otherwise. 🙄

[kitezzz]

A mostly 'low risk terrorist', you got to be kidding me

[mmartin]

The public are the key? What are we paying the police for then

[Adrian-xzmw]

He should hide at 10 downing street ive never seen someone being caught there !!!

[garyflynn]

Unbelievable!!
Some people need to be sacked !!

[Baphomet]

Gotta respect the guy for getting out of Wandsworth - obviously resourceful.

[jacobs]

Calling him low risk to keep everyone calm 😂

[dragonflymoki]

the adrenaline rush he must be on right now

[FortValance]

A low risk terror suspect?
That's basically saying he's highly unlikely to commit any more of the crimes that we are suspicious he may have been involved in

[Toracube]

If you only have to be strapped to the bottom of a food van to escape a British prison imagine how many phones, drugs, weapons can be brought into it.

[mauritsbutterworth]

this is something straight out of a cartoon, can't even lie

[kittyk.klandasions]

I bet so many Wandsworth prisoners are thinking *How did We Never think of that way to Escape* 😂😂😂 i bet there PISSED LOL

[MarkL-weuk]

Terror suspect? Shoulda been in Belmarsh, not Wandsworth. Definitely not working in kitchen

[papaspaulding]

This is either non trained guards on the gate house or complete incompetence as all vehicles are usually checked underneath with mirrors to prevent this exact scenario