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United States France prisoner escape: huge manhunt launched as gunmen kill two guards and free inmate from van – live
Here’s a map of today’s incident.
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Today’s incident took place when an inmate was transported between Rouen and Evreux.
A police source told AFP that said several individuals, arriving in two vehicles, rammed a police van and then fled.
One of them was wounded, the police source said.
Here’s an image from the scene in the Eure region of France.
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The escaped prisoner has been named by French media as Mohamed Amra, 30, known as “La Mouche” (The Fly).
Public prosecutor Laure Beccuau said Amra was under high surveillance and had recently been sentenced for burglary, and that he was under investigation for a kidnapping and homicide case in Marseille, the AP reported.
Gérald Darmanin, the French interior minister, has expressed his condolences to the families of the prison guards killed in the ambush this morning.
“All means are being used to find these criminals. On my instructions, several hundred police officers and gendarmes were mobilised,” he said.
Condoléances sincères et attristées aux familles endeuillées et aux agents du ministère de la Justice. Le plan « Épervier » a été déclenché. Tous les moyens sont mis en œuvre pour retrouver ces criminels. Sur mon instruction, plusieurs centaines de policiers et de gendarmes sont… https://t.co/KXzPJa0A2r
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) May 14, 2024\n\n"}}" config="{"renderingTarget":"Web","darkModeAvailable":false,"assetOrigin":"https://assets.guim.co.uk/"}">Condoléances sincères et attristées aux familles endeuillées et aux agents du ministère de la Justice. Le plan « Épervier » a été déclenché. Tous les moyens sont mis en œuvre pour retrouver ces criminels. Sur mon instruction, plusieurs centaines de policiers et de gendarmes sont… https://t.co/KXzPJa0A2r
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) May 14, 2024
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, said this morning’s attack on prison guards was a “shock”.
“Everything is being done to find the perpetrators of this crime so that justice can be done in the name of the French people,” he said.
L’attaque de ce matin, qui a coûté la vie à des agents de l’administration pénitentiaire, est un choc pour nous tous.La Nation se tient aux côtés des familles, des blessés et de leurs collègues.Tout est mis en œuvre pour retrouver les auteurs de ce crime…
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 14, 2024\n\n"}}" config="{"renderingTarget":"Web","darkModeAvailable":false,"assetOrigin":"https://assets.guim.co.uk/"}">L’attaque de ce matin, qui a coûté la vie à des agents de l’administration pénitentiaire, est un choc pour nous tous.
La Nation se tient aux côtés des familles, des blessés et de leurs collègues.
Tout est mis en œuvre pour retrouver les auteurs de ce crime…
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 14, 2024
France has launched a major manhunt after at least two prison guards were shot dead and three others were seriously injured in an ambush, Reuters reported.
Heavily armed men ambushed a prison van to free an inmate, French police said, triggering the major manhunt.
