Officers Fabrice Moelle and Arnaud Garcia were murdered ‘like dogs’ as masked men rammed into a custody van and opened fire, freeing suspected drugs lord ‘The Fly’ Mohammed Amra
Normandy: CCTV shows beginning of attack on prison van
Authorities have released chilling footage showing the moment masked killers ram into a custody van seconds before executing two officers “like dogs “.
Dad-of-two Fabrice Moelle, 52, and soon-to-be father Arnaud Garcia, 35, were murdered with a machine gun on Tuesday as they escorted suspected drug lord Mohammed Amra back to prison from court Amra, nicknamed ‘The Fly’, then broke free and remains on the run along with the two men’s four killers.
The 30-year-old prisoner had been in court in Rouen, Normandy, and was being brought back to his cell when the van was rammed by the criminals at a toll booth on a road near Incarville. The car was then burned out as the criminals fled the scene.
The footage shows the moment the black Peugeot ploughs into the front of the van in front of other vehicles at the stop. Seconds later, Mr Moelle and Mr Garcia were dead after 30 rounds were fired.
French justice minister Éric Dupond-Moretti said victims Mr Moello and Mr Garcia – who both came from Caen – were “slaughtered like dogs by men for whom life means nothing”. Three other officers were seriously injured in the assault and remain in intensive care – one of whom was shot right in the forehead.
Police said the officers had gotten out their weapons in response but had been no match for the powerful automatic weapons. At one point a member of the gang – who were all wearing black sports apparel with their hoods up – made sure a victim was dead with a ‘double tap’ shot to the head.
A scene remained in place on Wednesday, with the elite Gendarme National Intervention Group (GIPN) launching a major manhunt for the fugitives. Mr Dupond-Moretti confirmed that Amra, who has a total of 13 convictions to his name, was under “special surveillance” at the time, but not considered radicalised or a terrorist suspect.
He is well known to the police as the boss of a narcotics network, and has already been indicted in connection with an execution. A French police source said: “He is suspected of having ordered an assassination in Marseille on June 17, 2022.
“The charred corpse of a man was found in a burned vehicle, in the town of Le Rove, bordering Marseille. The victim had obviously been executed beforehand with a bullet to the head.” Amra was indicted for kidnapping and sequestration leading to death by Marseille police, said a spokesman for the Paris prosecutor’s office.