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On July 2, 2008, Murat left the prison of
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be driven inside the prison-gates, which then would be used as an escape vehicle. They tied one prison guard to the roof of the car, Harry Van Oers, the prison director, and two more prison guards were put in the car as well. The
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afterwards. The hostages were all released that same night. Three days later, Murat was caught by a routine traffic control.
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could do nothing but watch the convicted men flee the scene in the BMW. More than 200 police officers were used to quell the
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in his youth. In 1980, he was imprisoned for a fight, whereby one person was killed, and multiple others were wounded.
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store. The police surrounded the store, but Murat was nowhere to be found. The justice minister,
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206:"Minister onder vuur na toekenning verlof aan Murat Kaplan" (in Dutch).
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197:"Politie Schiet Gangster Murat Kaplan Neer in Londerzeel" (in Dutch).
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Kapllan Murat was arrested on July 28, 2006, in the
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179:"Escaped Inmates Release Last Hostage in Belgium".
188:"Topgangster Murat Kaplan komt vrij" (in Dutch).
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239:"Kapllan Murat op vrije voeten" (in Dutch).
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