A fugitive French prisoner was arrested in Romania after a deadly escape and 9-month hunt

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French criminal 'The Fly' finally caught after guards killed in jailbreak

A WANTED convict known as “The Fly” has finally been caught almost a year after he was broken out of prison in a deadly police ambush. Fugitive Mohamed Amra had been on the run since May after a horror jailbreak which left two innocent French officers dead. APAn on-the-run French fugitive known as ‘The Fly’ has been arrested almost a year after escaping prison[/caption] AFPA photo of Mohamed Amra being detained in Bucharest, Romania[/caption] XF…

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Interior Minister Cătălin Predoiu welcomed on Saturday the cooperation between the Romanian and French police that "worked well", after the fugitive's interrogation in Bucharest.

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Two prison guards were killed and three other guards were injured in the violent escape last year.

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Mohamed Amra: 'The Fly' recaptured in Romania nine months after escape that killed two French prison officers

Amra has been linked to a powerful Marseille gang, whilst he was also suspected over two murders.

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French prisoner arrested nine months after deadly van ambush

Two prison officers were killed and three others injured when a vehicle carrying Mohamed Amra was ambushed in May 2024.

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Mohamed Amra, who had escaped from a prison van in Incarville last May, was arrested, announced Saturday Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau. Emmanuel Macron praised "a tremendous success".