Elite French police are searching for gunmen who attacked a prison van in Normandy, killing at least two prison officers and freeing the high-security inmate being transported. The French prime minister, Gabriel Attal, told parliament that two prison officers were killed and three others were seriously injured in the ambush at a motorway toll point. The attack took place at around 11am in Incarville, in the Eure region of Normandy. Photograph: Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty ImagesA passenger on a bus at the motorway toll booth filmed two hooded and armed attackers heading towards the white prison van with automatic weapons. Jérôme, a reservist gendarme who lives near the motorway toll area, told Le Parisien he had been in his garden.

Source: The Guardian May 14, 2024 21:11 UTC