Notorious Gangster Flees French Jail by Helicopter Spectacular Jailbreak As Faid Escapes in Commando-Style Operation
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SHAWWAL 18, 1439 AH MONDAY, JULY 2, 2018 Max 48º 28 Pages Min 32º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17571 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Cabinet rejects a proposal Arab man sexually assaults Cambodia earns Guinness Ronaldo tight-lipped on 3 to tax expats’ remittances 4 neighbor’s wife in ‘revenge’ 19 Record for longest scarf 27 future after World Cup Notorious gangster flees French jail by helicopter Spectacular jailbreak as Faid escapes in commando-style operation REAU: A notorious gangster who said his life of crime eastern suburb of Paris about 60 kilometers from the was inspired by films such as “Scarface” pulled off a prison, one source said, adding that a manhunt has brazen jailbreak yesterday, fleeing a prison near Paris been launched across the entire Paris region. aboard a hijacked helicopter in a commando-style A police source said the helicopter pilot was a flight operation. Redoine Faid, 46, broke out of the prison instructor waiting for a student when he was seized by with the help of two accomplices who used smoke Faid’s accomplices. He was forced to fly before being bombs and angle grinders to overcome wardens in the later freed in a state of shock. The men apparently went facility’s visiting room where Faid was talking to a on to use a car that was later found torched in a shop- brother, according to prison unionist Martial ping mall carpark, police said. The escape came after Delabroye. an appeals court in April sentenced Faid to 25 years for The men quickly made good their escape in the heli- masterminding a botched armed robbery in 2010 in copter in an operation lasting just 10 minutes, Delabroye which a policewoman was killed. told AFP at the penitentiary in Reau in the French capi- Faid has been behind bars since mid-2011 for break- tal’s southeastern suburbs. It is the second time Faid has ing the terms of his parole over past convictions for bank pulled off a spectacular jailbreak-in 2013, he blasted his robberies and brazen heists of cash-in-transit vehicles. In way out of a prison in northern France using dynamite. his 2013 jailbreak, he briefly took four guards hostage The helicopter-hijacked from a terrified flight instruc- with a pistol before escaping in a waiting getaway car. tor-landed at around 11:15 am in the prison yard. a All the hostages were released unharmed. The two black-clad men armed with assault rifles set Faid was recaptured six weeks later at a hotel in an off smoke bombs before breaking their way into the industrial area on the outskirts of Paris. A woman work- prison’s visitation room using the power tools. Informed ing at the hotel told AFP at the time that Faid’s accom- sources earlier said there were three accomplices. The plice had paid for the room in cash and that the two GONESSE: This picture taken yesterday in Gonesse, north of Paris shows a French helicopter Alouette II aban- wardens, who were unarmed, fled to safety and raised men had been there for several days. doned by French armed robber Redoine Faid after his escape from prison in Reau. — AFP the alarm. The helicopter was later found in a north- Continued on Page 24 Hodeida-Yemen’s main port-has raised News in brief Hodeida fears of further suffering and deprivation in a country already deeply shaken by 40 killed in accident years of war between the Iran-backed assault Houthis and President Abedrabbo At least 40 peo- MUMBAI: Mansour Hadi’s Gulf-backed govern- ple were killed when a ment. Pointing to a renewed push for a packed bus spun off a slip- halted negotiated settlement by UN envoy pery road and fell into a ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates Martin Griffiths, Gargash said: “We have deep ravine in the northern yesterday announced it had halted the paused our campaign to allow enough Indian state of Uttarakhand offensive it is backing against Houthi time for this option to be fully explored. yesterday, police said. rebels in Yemen’s port city of Hodeida to We hope he will succeed.” “Rescue operations are on give a chance to UN diplomatic efforts. He said the pause had been in effect and we are still not sure In a series of tweets, UAE Foreign since June 23 and while there was con- about the final count of dead Indian policemen Minister Anwar Gargash said the pause tinued “pressure on the parameter”, pro- bodies,” said a police official, and bystanders was aimed at pursuing negotiations for government forces were awaiting the who declined to be identified gather around the an unconditional rebel withdrawal from results of an upcoming visit by Griffiths since he was not authorized bodies of passen- the port but warned that full military to the rebel-held capital Sanaa. Griffiths to speak to the media. “It gers after a bus fell ABU DHABI: Reem Al-Hashemi, UAE State Minister for International Cooperation, action could resume. met with Hadi in the southern city of was raining, these are nar- into a gorge. — AFP speaks during a press briefing in the capital Abu Dhabi about the humanitarian sit- The weeks-long offensive on Continued on Page 24 row, hill roads and the bus uation in Hodeida. — AFP driver lost control.” A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and local police were engaged in rescue operations, he said. — Reuters much oil as we want,” he said. The United States exited Iran vows to foil from the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers in May and said it would reimpose economic sanctions Saudi pulls out on the Islamic republic and its business partners by 11-year-old girl bride US bid to block November 4. On Tuesday a senior State Department official of recession in KUALA LUMPUR: The marriage of a Malaysia its oil exports described tightening the noose on Tehran as “one of man with a 11-year-old Thai girl in the Muslim major- our top national security priorities”. The official warned first quarter ity country has sparked outrage with one activist TEHRAN: Iran vowed yesterday to defeat US efforts countries including China and India, who are key buy- RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s economy pulled out of yesterday labeling the groom a “child predator”. to block its oil exports and warned rival producer Saudi ers of Iranian oil, that they should stop purchasing recession in the first quarter of 2018, thanks to rising Malaysian Muslims below the age of 16 are allowed Arabia it would never take Tehran’s “place” on the crude from the country before the November deadline oil prices and a surge in the non-crude sector, to marry if they obtain the permission of a religious international oil market. “We will surely do something or face US sanctions. European countries have been authorities said yesterday. The kingdom’s economy court. But the country’s women and families ministry to thwart the US rallying cry that Iranian oil (exports) attempting to negotiate exemptions for their firms, but grew by 1.15 percent in the first three months of the must be stemmed,” First Vice President Eshagh the official confirmed that US President Donald Trump said there was no record of religious authorities year compared to the same period last year when it Jahangiri said in statements broadcast on state televi- intends to stick to his deadline. “We’re not granting approving the union, which took place last month shrank by 0.84 percent, according to the General sion. “The (Iranian) government has a plan... and God waivers,” the official said. across the border in Thailand’s largely Muslim far Authority for Statistics. The body attributed the willing we are certain that we will be able to sell as Continued on Page 24 south. “Our officers have gone to the house and met growth to a 2.7 percent jump in the non-oil sphere the girl’s mother. We are waiting for more reports and a 0.62 percent rise in the oil sector, which con- before deciding on the next course of action,” tracted by nearly 2 percent in the first quarter of deputy prime minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail was 2017. Oil prices have been steadily rising since early quoted as saying by the Sunday Star newspaper. The Goalkeeper shines as Russia kick Spain out 2016, when OPEC and non-OPEC producers struck a 41-year-old husband could be jailed for six months if deal to cut output. he married without permission. — AFP The cut in oil revenue-which accounts for 70 per- cent of government income-pushed the OPEC king- pin’s economy into negative territory last year for the first time since 2009, a year after the global financial US stabbing attack crisis. The reports of growth come as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pushes a package of sweep- WASHINGTON: An “unprovoked” stabbing attack ing economic and social reforms in the kingdom. As in an Idaho apartment complex that is home to part of his Vision 2030 plan, the heir to the throne many refugees left nine people injured including six plans to reduce Riyadh’s dependence on oil, boost children, police in the capital city of Boise said. tourism and massively invest in the underdeveloped Police apprehended a suspect, a 30-year-old man entertainment sector to increase domestic spending. they named as Timmy Kinner who was until Friday a Crude prices have remained strong even after oil resident at the same complex, but not a refugee producers said last week they plan to increase out- himself.