Manhunt under way after two guards killed and inmate freed from French prison van

PM confirms three others wounded in attack on vehicle transporting prisoner from courthouse in Rouen

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. He said the attack had targeted the French republic and the justice system.

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