Manhunt for escaped prisoner in France

An “unprecedented” manhunt is underway for a prisoner freed in an ambush by gunmen who shot dead two prison officers escorting him back to jail in northern France


Forensic teams at site of attack


Rouen
Paris 
FRANCE
Marseille


1 May 14: Prison van carrying Mohamed Amra – suspected drug dealer known as “The Fly” with links to powerful gang in Marseille – leaves court hearing in Rouen to return to jail in Evreux

2 11:00 local time: Black Peugeot rams van as it emerges from motorway toll at Incarville

Gunmen – joined by others from white car following prison van – open fire with automatic weapons, killing two officers before fleeing with Amra

ROUEN
Seine
A13
Incarville
To Evreux
4km 2.5 miles

Vatteville
White car later found scorched


Sources: Reuters, BBC, Le Parisien, OpenStreetMap 
Picture: Getty Images 
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