Police in Papua New Guinea have shot dead at least 11 prisoners and wounded another 17 after a jailbreak in the Pacific nation’s second largest city of Lae, news reports said on Friday.

PNG police confirm that 17 people have been killed following a mass breakout at the Buimo jail in the provincial city of Lae.

Papua New Guinea's correctional services minister, Tony Aimo, has been stripped of his portfolio after last week's embarrassing jailbreak. Last week 12 inmates broke out of a maximum security lock ...