An earthquake jolted the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, killing at least five prisoners in the central jail, a police officer said. The officer at the scene told a news agency that at least five prisoners died when the roof of Dhaka's Central Jail collapsed. Ambulances carried the injured through the narrow lanes in Dhaka's old quarter, where the decades-old red-coloured jail is located, and police and paramilitary forces were deployed around the site. Some people might be trapped, but we have no other details, A fire services spokeswoman said. Meteorological officials could not be immediately reached for comment on the magnitude of the quake.
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