Notorious French Criminal Escapes from Prison
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Kevin Horan/Stone(LILLE, France) — French police are searching for a notorious armed robber who escaped from prison on Saturday morning.
According to BBC News, Redoine Faid used dynamite and took four prison guards hostage before breaking out of Sequedin prison.
Faid was locked up in 1998 after being convicted of a series of armed robberies, but was released on parole in 2009. After his release, Faid published a book about how he grew into a life of crime. Faid was taken back to jail in 2011 for a violation of his parole.
Faid may have received the explosives from his wife on Saturday morning when she visited him at the prison, according to BBC News. After his escape in a getaway car, Faid burned the car and took another vehicle.
Officials are still investigating the escape. Faid is considered armed and dangerous.
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