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