Tuesday evening news briefing: ‘France’s most wanted man’ on the run after violent escape

Good evening. A massive manhunt is underway to catch “France’s most wanted man” after two prison officers were killed in an attack leading to his escape. Meanwhile, the first official portrait of the King since the Coronation has been unveiled.

Massive manhunt underway in France after armed ambush of prison van

Mohamed Amra, 30, who reports say was the head of a narcotics network and nicknamed “La Mouche” (The Fly), was being transferred from Rouen to Evreux when the police van and another police vehicle came under attack from “heavy weapons” at a motorway toll. Watch the attack here.

King unveils first portrait since Coronation