France prison van attack: All we know about the ambush and fugitive Amra
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Armed men ambushed a prison van to free a prisoner killing two prison guards, triggering a major police manhunt.
Armed men wearing balaclavas ambushed a prison van in northern France on Tuesday to free a convicted “criminal”, notorious as “the fly”, killing two prison guards, severely wounding three and triggering a major police manhunt.
Here is what we know about the incident:
Two prison officers were killed in an ambush on a prison van in the Normandy region in northern France. The incident took place shortly before 11am (09:00 GMT) near a toll booth in Incarville commune.
According to officials, a black Peugeot 5008 rammed a police van transporting prisoner Mohamed Amra, who was reportedly a drug dealer and was involved in other crimes also, from court to Evreux jail. As a result, three other officers were injured, one of whom remains in critical condition.
Amra escaped, setting off a manhunt involving several hundred officers.
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