An official at Romania’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the legal case was still ongoing, confirmed to The Associated Press that Amra was handed over to French authorities for extradition on Tuesday at an airport near Bucharest, where he arrived in handcuffs, flanked by armed police officers.
The high-profile search for Amra began last May when armed assailants ambushed a prison convoy in Normandy, killing two guards and seriously wounding three others in the process of aiding his escape.
A notorious French fugitive who staged a deadly escape that killed two guards last year has been extradited from Romania to France, days after his arrest in Bucharest ended a nine-month international manhunt.
Mohamed Amra escaped from custody last May when armed assailants ambushed a prison convoy in Normandy, killing two guards.
The international police organisation Interpol issued a notice for his arrest, while French investigators alerted counterparts in other countries after they suspected Amra had left France.
