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(CNN)A manhunt is underway in the Philippines after an armed raid led to a mass prison escape. As many as 158 inmates fled the North Cotabato District Jail in Kidapawan City in the southern Philippines early Wednesday after armed men attacked the compound, according to a press release from the Philippines Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). Tuesday ET) more than 100 armed men attacked the facility, said Xavier Solda, spokesman for the BJMP. Five men have since been apprehended, and one killed, Solda told CNN. Bongngat told CNN Philippines that the regional branch of the Philippines National Police (PNP) had provided intelligence that an attack was being planned for New Year's Day.

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