Mohamed Amra is being sought internationally after escaping from the French authorities in an attack on the prison van where he was being transported, during which two prison guards died.
The Public Security Police (PSP) received a tip-off that Mohamed Amra, a dangerous French inmate who escaped from prison during an ambush carried out by an armed group that murdered two prison guards last week, may be hiding in Lisbon.
A PSP source confirmed to Notícias ao Minuto that they received the tip-off last Monday and that “the information was passed on to the police”. However, “so far there’s nothing concrete”.
According to Correio da Manhã, which broke the news, the fugitive, known as ‘A Mosca’, may be hiding among the homeless Arab community at the Gare do Oriente station in Parque das Nações. However, after being on the ground to verify the report, they found nothing to corroborate it.
The PSP also finds it “strange” that a man like Mohamed Amra, 30, who belongs to a criminal group with large amounts of money, would hide among the homeless.
Mohamed Amra is the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the French authorities and Interpol has already issued an international “red notice” asking “international forces around the world” to try to locate and detain him “provisionally for later extradition”.
‘The Fly’ has been in hiding since May 14, when he managed to escape from the French authorities after the van in which he was being transported was deliberately ambushed in the Eure region by four armed men who killed two prison guards and seriously wounded three others.
At just 30 years old, the man born in 1994 already has 13 convictions, the first of which came in 2009 when he was just 15. Most of these relate to property crimes, namely robbery, but his CV also includes possession of a prohibited weapon and attempted murder.
In September 2023 he was indicted for a murder committed by an “organized gang”, as well as for kidnapping and criminal association, among other crimes.
