Prisoner escapes Danish prison with fake bomb 

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The so-called submarine killer, Peter Madsen, broke out of a high-security prison in Denmark on Tuesday, by taking a hostage and using a fake bomb. He is serving a life sentence for the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall. Madsen was recaptured soon after escaping. Tom Carstensen reports from Copenhagen.

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