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

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", who was arrested in Bucharest over the weekend after months of being on the run, has left Romania for France, Romanian

French convict Mohamed Amra – on the run since his escape last May in an ambush that left two prison officers dead – was arrested near a shopping center in Bucharest on Saturday.

A French convict, on the run since being freed last May in an ambush that left two prison officers dead, has been arrested in Romania, the interior ministers of both