At least two prison guards they have been shot dead and three were injured this Tuesday morning in the Eure region, in northern France, after a group of heavily armed men and hooded men assault a van that was transporting a prisoner, who has managed to flee the scene.
As reported by the French police, the ambush, which took place at a toll in the Incarville area, was perfectly orchestrated to free the prisoner. This has been identified as Mohamed A., 30 years old, sentenced to 18 months in prison for various robberies in aggravated circumstances, according to the television network BFMTV.
Apparently the fugitive He is also suspected of ordering a murder in Marseille as part of an investigation into drug trafficking. Likewise, it is related to the prisoner – who according to the French newspaper Le Parisian is known by the nickname “La Mosca” – with the powerful criminal gang known as “los Negros”, collects Reuters.
Imprisoned a week ago, two days ago, the detainee had already tried cut the bars of your cellas explained by a prison source Le Parisian. For this reason, the prisoner had been placed in isolation and was being subjected to a high level of surveillance.
The images spread on social networks show an assault worthy of a movie. In them you can see how at least two men with balaclavas and assault rifles They circle near a burning SUV. This is the vehicle that would have been rammed into the front part of the prison van.
Pursuit underway
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, has indicated that an intense manhunt has been launched to find the assailants and the prisoner. “All means are being used to find these criminals. Following my instructions, several hundred police and gendarmes have been mobilized,” he wrote in X.
Shortly after, the French president, Emmanuel Macronhas indicated in his X account that the attack has represented “a shock“, but what “s“He is doing everything possible to find the perpetrators of this crime and to be able to do justice in the name of the French people.” “We will be intractable,” he stressed in his message.
The attack on this matin, who shared the life of the agents of the penitentiary administration, is a shock for all of us.
The Nation lies among the côtés des familles, des blessés et de leurs collegues.
Tout est mis en œuvre pour retrouver les auteurs de ce crime…
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 14, 2024
For its part, the Federal Autonomous Penitentiary Union (UFAP) has indicated in a statement published on its website that the prisoner was being transferred for an appearance before a court in Caen, according to Efe.
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