Manhunt launched after two French prison guards killed and inmate freed

PM confirms three others wounded in attack on vehicle transporting prisoner from courthouse in Rouen

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Elite French police are searching for gunmen who attacked a prison van in Normandy, killing at least two prison officers and freeing the high-security inmate they were transporting.

The French prime minister, Gabriel Attal, told parliament that two prison officers were killed and three others were seriously injured in the ambush at a motorway toll. Attal said the attack had targeted the French republic and the justice system. The whole country is shocked by this attack of unprecedented violence," he said after parliament held a minute's silence for the officers.