Manhunt under way in France after two prison officers killed in prisoner escape | BBC News

At least two French prison officers have been killed in an ambush on a prison van near Rouen in Normandy, France.

The prisoner was being taken from court to a prison and escaped after the attack.

Three other officers were seriously injured after being shot with "heavy weapons", the French justice minister Eric Dupond-Moretti has said.

Several hundred police officers and gendarmes are involved in the manhunt. French prosecutors have named the inmate as Mohamed Amra, who was previously convicted of aggravated robbery and charged with abduction leading to death.

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[skafabafa]

Really difficult to follow what this lady is saying

[JustMonday-turx]

About eight 8⃣ hours after the killing of two officers and the escape of a prisoner, not any photo of the criminals are posted? So, I could sit in the same restaurant with those criminals and I could not know. Does that make sense?

[zcvxs]

They are not showing a picture of the escapees???

[Bungle-UK]

Probably floating across the Channel and heading for a five star hotel near you.

[samfisher]

His name's Mohamed Amra, but i'm sure this story has nothing to do with religion, nor with terrorism and things like that.

[Michelle_Schu-blacka]

This seems like a massive failure of french authorities.

The bloke was some sort of boss in organised crime and had tried to escape before.

That convoy should have had whatever the French equivalent of the Special Escort Group. It sure as hell shouldn't have stopped. That was asking for trouble.

[bunbwre]

Why has the bbc not shown the picture of the man.

[PaulHiggins-py]

So no description of the man involved ?
Wonder why ?

[mozartnoyon]

he's The Fly.. what do you expect? he was always gonna be a flight risk

[jimoconnor]

He'll be in a small boat heading to the UK

[HusseinAdanmahamed]

Je partage vraiment ta tristesse avec les familles des victimes

[qualitytraders]

Ridiculous that emergency vehicles get tied up in trafiic at toll booths. There should be a special lane where those vehicles can pass without hinderance.

[alanevans]

Why was this convoy even stopped at a toll booth whilst transporting a dangerous terrorist ???

[jimcourt]

Are the London Met or Yorkshire police force on the lookout. Likely to be in London or Bradford by now .

[aprilsmith]

My condolences to all those who mourn...🇿🇦

[logoutandrew]

Where are the descriptions of the suspects? How could you leave that out?😂😂😂

[ghostm]

Dear BBC News,
next time, please choose a correspondent, who can formulate a sentence, without unnecessary strange sounds after each word.

[nathanricketts]

They’ll be on a boat and get to 🇬🇧 then it’s straight to Croydon 😂😂

[bordersw]

It’s ironic that the police special forces that will take him out are called R.A.I.D . Can see headlines now Raid kills ‘ Fly’ 😂

[robertmoreland]

As usual no photo fit so he can get away. 🤔