Manhunt is underway in France for armed gang who ambushed prison convoy, freeing convict

Manhunt is underway in France for armed gang who ambushed prison convoy, freeing convict

Prison workers held moments of silence Wednesday outside prisons in Paris and elsewhere to commemorate the officers who were killed.

France: At Least 2 Dead After Armed Gang Ambushes Prison Van Transporting Drug Kingpin

Despite strict gun control in France police were still shot dead. At least two French prison officers have been shot dead after a convoy transporting a Muslim inmate was ambushed by armed men in masks who opened fire indiscriminately. The attack occurred shortly after 11 a.m. local time at the Incarville tollbooth in Eure, northwest of Paris. Two vehicles rammed into the prison van, trapping the vehicle, before several men with assault rifles sh…