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France on high alert as drug gang leader escapes prison

Dr. Mansour Al-Maswari

Mansour Al-Maswari

Published May 14th, 2024 - 05:53 GMT
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French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti (C), flanked by Calvados Prefect Stephane Bredin (R), arrives to speak to journalists at the Caen-Ifs prison in Ifs, near Caen, northwestern France, on May 14, 2024 during a visit to meet the colleagues of the victims of ramming attack which took place late morning at a Incarville's road toll. AFP
Highlights
The gang, armed and dangerous, attacked the armored security car, killing three officers and freeing Mohammed Umra, a notorious figure in the drug trade, before fleeing to an unknown location.

ALBAWABA- France is in shock after a daring commando operation freed a notorious drug gang leader, known as "the Fly," during a prison transfer. 

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Commenting on the incident, French president, Emmanuel Macron vows to punish those responsible as security alerts rise across western France. 

The gang, armed and dangerous, attacked the armored security car, killing three officers and freeing Mohammed Umra, a notorious figure in the drug trade, near Caen, northwestern France before fleeing to an unknown location.

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Dr. Mansour Al-Maswari

Mansour Al-Maswari

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Dr. Mansour Al-Maswari is Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University-Global Center, Amman. A Yemeni academician with a Ph.D. in English "Comparative Literature" and two MA degrees, one in political science and the other in English, Dr. Al-Maswari possesses more than 17 years of extensive experience in university-level teaching, research, research reviewing, bilingual translation, and copy-writing...

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