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Two prison officers have been killed and three others injured after a van transporting prisoners was attacked. n inmate - nicknamed "La Mouche" (The Fly) - is now on the run following the onslaught.
Mohamed Amra 30, is convicted of burglary and theft and accused of attempted murder. He is also known to police as ‘the head of a narcotics network’, Le Parisien reported.
The van was moving the prisoners between Rouen and Evreux in Normandy, northern France, when it was attacked at the Inarville toll on the A154 motorway in Val-de-Reuil at around 11am Tuesday morning, reports said.
A manhunt for 'The Fly' has now been launched as police investigate the armed assault and killings.
One of the killed officer's wife is five months pregnant, French justice minister Eric Dupond-Moretti said, while another leaves behind a wife and two children.
“Three prison officers were killed by pump-action rifle fire when a van carrying a prisoner was attacked at around 11am with a ram car at the Incarville toll plaza in the Eure department,” a source told the AFP news agency.
Four armed men in two vehicles targetted the prison van, it said.
Details for the transport route and timings for moving prisoners are usually kept secret.
Footage showed the armed men, hooded and clad in black, surrounding several police vans at the toll booth. One of the vans appeared to have collided with another car.
An officer was also seen tending to his colleague lying on the floor and surrounded in blood.
Following the attack one of the attackers' vehicles - identified as a white Audi A5 - was found burnt in nearby Watteville. The other vehicle, a BMW 5 series, fled the scene in the direction of Louviers and Evreux, Le Figaro reported.
French justice minister Eric Dupond-Moretti wrote on X: "A prison convoy was attacked in Eure. Two of our prison officers have died, three are seriously injured.
"All my thoughts are with the victims, their families and their colleagues."
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: network dude
Sounds about right.
I dont think they could have pulled off such an escapade.
With what seems to have been a degree of military precision.
Without someone on the inside providing information.
originally posted by: 727Sky
With an name of Mohamed Amra I would assume he could flee to many Muslim countries and be hailed a hero for killing and out smarting the non believers. By the looks of their vehicles used in the escape plan it would appear they were well funded.