Officials said that nearly 900 inmates escaped a jailbreak in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, Wednesday, blaming the attack on Islamic extremist rebels. At least 443 of the 879 escapees are still missing, Nigerian Correctional Service spokesperson Umar Abubakar said, while hundreds of others have either been recaptured or turned themselves in at police stations.

The "very determined" rebels attacked the Kuje maximum prison in Abuja on Tuesday night with "very high-grade explosives," killing one guard on duty, according to Shuaib Belgore, permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Interior, Nigeria.