An official in Romania says that the notorious French fugitive who staged a deadly escape that killed two guards last year is being extradited to France from Romania.

Mohamed Amra had fled after armed men ambushed his prison transfer van, killing two officers and injuring three others. View on euronews

A suspected gangland killer described as France's "public enemy number one" was formally indicted on a slew of organised crime charges including murder before an investigating magistrate in Paris after his extradition from Romania.

A notorious French fugitive who staged a deadly escape last year has appeared in a Romanian court. A nine-month international police hunt culminated in his arrest in Bucharest.

Since his deadly escape from a prison van last year, Mohamed Amra, known as 'The Fly,' had disappeared. The manhunt, involving around 100 investigators, came to an end in Bucharest on Saturday.

Two guards were killed when armed assailants helped Mohamed Amra escape from a prison convoy last May, prompting a high-profile search.

A notorious French fugitive who staged a deadly escape that killed two guards last year is being extradited to France from Romania, an official said. The move comes days after his arrest in Bucharest which ended a nine-month international manhunt.

A suspected gangland killer described as France's "public enemy number one" was formally indicted on a slew of organised crime charges including murder before an investigating magistrate in Paris late

A suspected gangland killer described as France's "public enemy number one", who was arrested in Bucharest over the weekend after months of being on the run, has left Romania for