Massive manhunt in France for prison-break gang that gunned down officers

The convoy was transporting Mohamed Amra back to jail in the Normandy town of Evreux after a court hearing in Rouen.

A massive manhunt is under way in France for an armed gang that killed two prison officers and seriously injured three others as part of a scheme to spring an inmate they were escorting.

The violence of the attack shocked France. Prison workers held moments of silence Wednesday outside prisons in Paris and elsewhere to commemorate the officers who were killed.Mr Darmanin, speaking on RTL radio, expressed hope that Amra could be caught “in the coming days”.

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