Militants free hundreds in Pakistan jail raid Nearly 400 prisoners have escaped from a jail in northwest Pakistan after it was attacked by Islamist militants armed with guns and rocket propelled grenades. Some who fled the jail in the town of Bannu, near ethnic Pashtun tribal areas close to the Afghan border, were militants, an intelligence official said. One inmate who escaped was on death row for involvement in an attempt to assassinate former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, according to a police official. Pakistan's al Qaeda-linked Taliban movement said its fighters mounted the assault, which triggered clashes. Several people were wounded. We have freed hundreds of our comrades in Bannu in this attack. Several of our people have reached their destinations, others are on their way," a Taliban spokesman said. The claim could not be immediately verified.