PARIS—French police have launched a manhunt for an infamous bandit who staged his second jailbreak in five years, a cinematic escape using a helicopter, buzz saws and automatic weapons.
More than 2,900 French police, soldiers and detectives fanned out across the country, searching vehicles at border crossings and toll booths and poring over cellphone records to find the escapee, Redoine Faïd. The 46-year-old had been serving a 25-year sentence for a 2010 armed robbery in which a police officer was killed.
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