38 IRA Prisoners Escape Maze Prison in Hijacked Lorry, September 25, 1983
Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison.
Date: September 25, 1983
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