STORY: :: France’s prime minister says gunmen who attacked a prison van, killing at least two guards, ‘will pay’
:: Val-de-Reuil, France
:: May 14, 2024
:: Paris, France
:: Gabriel Attal, French Prime Minister
“Everything will be done to find the perpetrators of this despicable crime. The Epervier plan, a protocol for locating a fugitive or missing person, was activated. We will spare no effort, we will spare no means, we will locate them, we will find them and, I tell you, they will pay. We owe it to the victims. We owe it to their families and loved ones. We owe this to all members of the prison administration. We owe this to all French people. Thanks.”
The orchestrated attack, which comes amid a rise in drug-related violence across Europe, took place at around 0900 GMT at a toll gate in Incarville, in the Eure region of northern France. The unidentified inmate and the attackers escaped, police said.
Local media reports named the escaped inmate as 30-year-old Mohamed A..
A French police source said he was suspected of ordering a murder in Marseille and had links to the city’s powerful “Negras” gang.
