At least two prison officers died on Tuesday morning, May 14, in the brutal attack at the Incarville toll booth on their van which was transporting an inmate between Rouen and Evreux. He fled, we learned from reliable sources.
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“ A prison convoy was attacked in Eure. Two of our prison officers have died, three are seriously injured. All my thoughts are with the victims, their families and their colleagues », indicated this May 14 on X (ex-Twitter) the Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti, who said that he was going to “ the crisis unit » of his ministry.
A gendarmerie source specified that the results of this attack were two dead and three seriously injured, including at least one in an absolute emergency. A local police source indicated that a third officer had died in the attack. “ Three prison officers died, victims of shotgun blasts “, during the attack around 11 a.m. “ to the ram car » at the Incarville tollbooth in the Eure of a van which was transporting a detainee, said this source. He fled. According to another police source, the attack was carried out by a commando of several criminals who used two vehicles.
200 police
One of these vehicles was found shortly after the incident, “ charred », in a location which was not specified by this source. The first police source indicated that the criminals had fled and that one of them was injured. A total of 200 gendarmes are involved in search operations, mainly departmental gendarmes and bikers from Eure but also from neighboring departments (Seine-Maritime, Calvados, Val-d’Oise and Yvelines), as well as a helicopter, detailed a gendarmerie source.
The GIGN of Satory (Yvelines) went there in search of the escaped detainee and his accomplices, according to the gendarmerie. The fugitive inmate was born in 1994, according to a source close to the case. The Central Office for the Fight against Organized Crime (OCLCO) was contacted, added the same source.
A prisoner involved in drug trafficking
The fugitive detainee, Mohamed Amra, is 30 years old. “ On May 10, 2024, he was convicted by the Évreux court for burglary. He was also indicted by the JIRS of Marseille for kidnapping and sequestration leading to death », Said Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau in a press release. According to a source close to the case, Mohamed Amra, involved in drug trafficking, is suspected of having ordered murders linked to this trafficking. He is the head of a network, according to another source close to the matter.
“ We will spare no effort, no means. We will hunt them down. We will find them. And I tell you, they will pay » , launched Gabriel Attal to the National Assembly which observed a minute of silence.
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