DHAKA: Over 100 inmates broke out of jail when shells rained down on a high-security prison in the besieged rebel stronghold of Donetsk in east Ukraine, killing one.

Local authorities said Monday, reports daily Hurriyet.

Mortar blasts rocked the correctional facility in a western district of the city Sunday evening, hitting the living areas, administrative headquarters and an electrical substation, the city council said in a statement.

The bombardment sparked a mass jail break that saw scores of detainees flee the prison.

‘A riot started in the facility and 106 people escaped their place of detention,’ the statement said, adding that three convicts were seriously wounded by the shelling.

By Monday morning some had been returned to the facility, with a prison official telling media that 40 inmates were still missing and thought to be hiding in buildings around the prison.

BDST: 1750 HRS, AUG 11, 2014