Two French prison officers were killed and two critically injured while transporting prisoner Mohamed Amra, known as “The Fly”, near Rouen in Normandy.
The attack occurred when a car rammed the prison van at a toll booth, and gunmen opened fire with heavy weapons, freeing Amra.
Hundreds of police officers and gendarmes have been deployed in a massive manhunt.
French President Emmanuel Macron assured citizens on X that every effort is being made to capture the attackers. The inmate, Mohamed Amra, convicted of burglary and implicated in a fatal kidnapping, has ties to a gang in Marseille.
The ambush took place at around 11:00 (09:00 GMT) on the A154 motorway. The attackers escaped in a car, later found abandoned near the toll gate. Roadblocks have been set up across northwest France, and police are following up on all leads.
French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti, after a crisis meeting, confirmed the deaths and pledged that the perpetrators would be found and ‘severely punished.’
Not a bad outcome compared to the last ambush at Normandy
That was a very long time ago.
Reap what you sow
How’s that diversity going
He doesn’t appear to have ear’s.
Dupont Moretti;
defended many criminals when he was a very ” successfull” barister. Made millions. Low life