Two officers killed and inmate ‘on the run’ after ambush on prison van in France

At least two French prison officers have been killed after a van carrying a prisoner was ambushed.

Three more were seriously injured in the attack which occurred at the Inarville toll on the A154 motorway in Val-de-Reuil in the Eure department, Normandy, shortly after 11am, according to reports in French media.

Le Parisien reported an inmate who was being transported in the van has fled alongside the attackers.

In “circumstances unknown at this stage”, the prison administration van was attacked by four armed men in two vehicles.

France’s justice minister Eric Dupond-Morett posted on X: “A prison convoy was attacked in Eure. Two of our prison officers have died, three are seriously injured.

“All my thoughts are with the victims, their families and their colleagues.”

This is a breaking news story... More to follow.