France prison van attack: 'Unprecedented' manhunt for escaped prisoner - BBC News

Hundreds of police officers are deployed in the search for Mohamed Amra and the men who freed him.

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Watch: Armed men ambush a French prison van in Rouen, Normandy.

An "unprecedented" manhunt is taking place in northern France for a prisoner who escaped during a deadly ambush.

Mohamed Amra, known as "The Fly", was being taken back to jail from a court in Normandy on Tuesday when a car rammed his prison van at a toll booth.

Armed men then opened fire on the vehicle, killing two officers and seriously injuring three others.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-69013194

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