Gunmen kill two guards, free inmate in France prison van attack
Al Jazeera
Justice minister says two wounded prison guards in critical condition after van ambushed while transporting prisoner to meet an investigating judge in Rouen.
Armed assailants have killed two French prison officers and seriously wounded three others in a brazen attack on a convoy in Normandy during which a high-profile inmate escaped, officials have said.
The van was transporting prisoner Mohamed Amra to Evreux jail after a court hearing in Rouen when it was ambushed on Tuesday.
Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti said he would join a crisis unit to address the emergency.
“All means are being used to find these criminals. On my instructions, several hundred police officers and gendarmes were mobilised,” Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin posted on X.
“This morning’s attack, which cost the lives of prison administration agents, is a shock for all of us,” French President Emmanuel Macron posted on X.
