Huge manhunt in France for prisoner after two officers killed in ambush | DW News

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Published 2024-05-14
French police hunted Tuesday for a group of gunmen who killed two prison officers in an attack on a highway toll booth that freed a convict linked to gangland drug murders.

President Emmanuel Macron vowed that everything would be done to find those behind the attack, with the inmate also still at large, as well as those who helped him escape.

Two prison guards were killed in the attack and three others were wounded. Another was fighting for his life in hospital and two others were in critical condition.

The inmate was being transported back to his prison in the town of Evreux after being questioned by a judge in the regional center of Rouen in Normandy. The prosecutor said the prison van was rammed head-on by a stolen Peugeot as it passed through the toll booth. But the prison van was also followed by an Audi, from which gunmen emerged and fired at both vehicles in the prison convoy.

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All Comments (21)
  • @HoneyLove77
    NAME THE SUSPECT!! THIS IS RIDICULOUS!! SMH!!!
  • @remember8676
    Mohammed Amra is the name of inmate and is nicknamed Fly.....
  • @J-Ernie
    Imagine not naming the dangerous prisoner, anyhow it can be found with unbiased media with a quick Google search
  • @Nainara32
    Drug smuggling in Europe is really getting to be a problem. The gangs are starting to act like Latin American cartels.
  • I bet my right arm, that they fled to Belgium. The center of all this evil
  • @MikesLeague
    Why would they have such a low security force for such a dangerous individual?
  • Curious that not ONE time was it mentioned in the video that the guy was an Arab immigrant
  • @noelmaher4633
    " Oh Allah what a robbery" the guy laughing on the bus, go figure.
  • @markg3169
    Europe really needs to start taking its security more seriously. If they aren’t careful, they will find they no longer have control of their country like in Latin America or Africa.
  • @commonsense6611
    I would also say that this is not a good look for France prior to the 2024 Summer Olympics. MORE THAN JUST SAYING...
  • @Cairnsbite
    BBC named his as Muhammad Amra aka "Fly"
  • @ottomueller4425
    I thought they had strict gun laws in France where did they get the guns.
  • I feel so sorry for the fallen guards . But security protocol will clearly tell you that , for such hardened criminals as they claimed , you don’t use your prison van as the lead car !!! Why was the second car even at the back ? And just only one car escort ? Have they heard of the sandwich escort ? What a novice mistake !! How could such a mistake happen ? May the fallen guards RIP.