A prisoner serving a life sentence under high security in the Badu 'e Carros prison in Nuoro has escaped.
This was announced by some union organizations of the penitentiary police.
The escape would have taken place with knotted sheets used to get out of prison.
The prisoner is Marco Rapuano, known as 'Pallon'", from Puglia, considered a prominent element of the Montanari clan, in the Gargano. Massive searches were immediately undertaken throughout the area. The escaped prisoner, born in 1984, has convictions for murder, gun laws and other crimes.