French gangster flees prison in spectacular helicopter escape

A French gangster is on the run after being sprung from jail by heavily armed gunmen and escaping in a helicopter that landed in the prison grounds, the justice minister said on Sunday. Redoine Faid was serving a 25-year sentence at a prison south of Paris for an armed robbery that went wrong and led to the death of a policewoman in 2010. Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet said a helicopter landed in a courtyard, which was not covered by any nets.

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