They remained at large following the attempted robbery on a major north-south highway late Tuesday night, the news agency La Presse reported. The assailants set a dozen vehicles on fire in both directions of the highway and rammed the armoured vehicle with a tractor-trailer. But the attempted robbery ultimately failed when the driver of the armoured vehicle managed to pull into a rest area and a police patrol in the area intervened. Photos released by firefighters showed vehicles in flames on the darkened highway. Armed bandits made off with 5 million euros ($5.5 million) in a similar assault involving a burning barrier in 2014 along the same stretch of highway.

Source: thestar January 29, 2020 10:30 UTC