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PARIS – A notorious French criminal serving 25 years of murder used a helicopter on Sunday to escape from a prison south of Paris, igniting a large manhunt around the capital French. It was the second time that he had escaped from a French prison – the last time he was escaping with hidden explosives.
The French Ministry of Justice stated that the escape of Redoine Faid had taken "only a few minutes". at Reau prison. A union representative at Reau Prison, Martial Delabroye, told BFM television that "two men dressed in black, wearing balaclavas and police armbands" entered the prison to look for Faid. They used a grinding machine to open the door that leads directly to the visiting room, he said.
This photo taken on April 15, 2013 in Paris from the Interpol website shows the international opinion of person sought for Redoine Faid. ] INTERPOL / AFP / Getty Images
The helicopter was found later Sunday in the city of Garges-les-Gonesse, in the northern suburbs of Paris. It is badumed that Faid drove away with his accomplices.
French prosecutors have opened an investigation but this is not the first time that Faid, 46, is on the list. In 2013, he made his way out of prison with explosives hidden in tissue packs. He was arrested at a hotel six weeks later.
Faid was sentenced to 25 years in the death of a young policewoman killed during a failed robbery in 2010.
In the 1990s, Faid led a criminal gang involved in a robbery armed. armored vans and vans carrying money. He was arrested in 1998 after three years of flight in Switzerland and Israel, according to the French media
This photo taken on December 7, 2017 shows the prison of Reau-Sud Francilien in Reau, outside Paris
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Faid was released in 2009 after serving 10 years in prison. He swore that he had changed his life, wrote a confession book about his crime life and made a huge media tour in 2010.
Yet, he was the suspected brain of an attempt to armed robbery in 2010 that led to a high-speed chase and shootings with police in which Aurélie Fouquet, a 26-year-old policewoman, was killed. He was arrested in 2011.
Faid was found guilty of murdering the policewoman with two accomplices, all of whom were considered to be involved in the murder.
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