When a convoy carrying Mohamed Amra, a prisoner, was ambushed at a court, two prison personnel were killed and three more were critically injured.
Hundreds of police officers have been sent across the country in an attempt to locate the gunman and 30-year-old prisoner. How many attackers were involved is unknown.
Two armed men were seen patrolling close to a tollbooth on the A154 highway, while another footage showed a black automobile crashing into the front of a white truck.
“Dead Prisons Day” has been declared, with jails all over France participating in blockades in retaliation for Tuesday’s attack, by prison officer unions.toll booth on the motorway.
