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Fatal attack on a prison van: phones discovered in fugitive’s knowledge cells
Fatal attack on a prison van: phones discovered in fugitive’s knowledge cells
(franceinfo)
The hunt for Mohamed Amra continues. The most wanted man in France escaped after the attack on a van on Tuesday May 14. More than 300 investigators were mobilized. The judicial police discovered around ten telephones in the fugitive’s knowledge cells in Baumettes prison in Marseille.
Four days after the attack on the van which cost the lives of two agents, Mohamed Amra is still on the run. A red notice was issued by Interpol, and 300 investigators are mobilized in France. The day before his escape, prison guards at Évreux (Eure) noticed that the inmate had started to saw the bars of his cell, where they discovered a cell phone being analyzed.
In Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), around ten mobile phones were discovered in Mohamed Amra’s knowledge cells. Could these men have been accomplices? Was he the instigator of his escape? At the same time, the scientific police are analyzing samples from the crime scene at the Incarville tollbooth (Eure), like the cars used by the commando found on fire a few kilometers away. Investigators are also interested in Mohamed Amra’s entourage. His parents were heard.
