Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Sniper kills prisoner inside French jail

Like a scene from a crime thriller film, a prisoner who faced interrogation over a murder was shot dead inside his French jail by a sniper positioned on a nearby hill.
The suspected gunman, his rifle still warm from the shooting, was arrested shortly afterwards as he tried to flee on a motorbike.

Another inmate, a friend of the dead man, was injured in the attack during which five shots were fired into the exercise yard of the jail at Varces-Grenoble, in the southeast of France.

French Justice Minister Rachida Dati said it was the first time in France that someone in prison had been killed from outside.

The murdered prisoner was identified as Sghair Lamiri, who was born in 1979 and had links to organised crime.

Ms Dati did not name the suspected gunman, but said he was aged 58 and had been remanded in custody.

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