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Gangster Redoine Faid 'could be heading to Israel posing as Orthodox Jew' after prison escape

Faid staged an extraordinary escape that involved a helicopter

July 4, 2018 10:29
A court sketch of Redoine Faid, before his prison break, in February 2018
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A French gangster who staged an extraordinary prison break could be posing as an Orthodox Jew and making his way to Israel.

Redoine Faid staged an extraordinary escape on Sunday from prison with the help from two others armed with Kalashnikovs and smoke bombs. He was airlifted out by helicopter.

More than 2,800 policemen have been searching for Faid but authorities now fear he might be disguising himself so he can flee the country.

The French gangster speaks Hebrew and has often said he wants to live in Israel. In his 2010 autobiography, he wrote that the only way he thought he could avoid the police would be disguising himself as an “ultra-Orthodox Jew”.

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