Attack on a van in Eure: a national tribute will be paid to the two officers killed

A national tribute will be paid, Wednesday May 22, to the two prison guards killed in Eure. Chaired by Emmanuel Macron, the ceremony will be organized in the former Caen prison.

Five days after the attack on a prison administration van at the Incarville toll gate (Eure) , whereù two officers found death, the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, announced that he will pay a national tribute to prison captain Fabrice Morello, 52, and to brigadier supervisor Arnaud Garcia, 34 ;years, Wednesday May 22, à 12 p.m., reports BFMTV. The ceremony will take place in the former detention center of Caen in the presence of the Head of State.

Around 11 a.m., Tuesday, at the Incarville tollbooth in Eure, surveillance cameras and motorists who passed by were there. have been witnesses to a scene of rare violence. A prison van was raided. attacked. First by a black ram car, which later turned out to have been hit. stolen, then, by several heavily armed individuals dressed in black. The attackers shot à numerous times, killing two of the prison officers and seriously injuring the other three. Two of them were still between life and death on Tuesday afternoon. The goal of this macabre operation: the escape of the detainee who was being transported to prison. by this convoy, a certain Mohamed Amra, nicknamedé "the Fly".

A hunt à man

Unfavorably known to law enforcement and the judiciary, Mohamed Amra was imprisoned in prison. à the detention center of Evreux, hence he had tried to two days earlier, Sunday, to escape by sawing the bars of his cell. Condemned last week for "burglary", the prisoner had recently been arrested. indicted in more serious cases which would undoubtedly have earned him heavier sentences if he had been convicted. found guilty. Tuesday morning, he returned from Rouen where, according to BFMTV, he had been arrested. heard in a case of attempted homicide. He is also indicted Marseille for intentional homicide, in a drug trafficking case. This Tuesday evening, while the Épervier plan wasé lifted At the beginning of the evening, the search continued. Mohamed Amra is still on the run with his accomplices. Hunting & the man continues.