Mohamed Amra, nicknamed "The Fly," was arrested near a shopping centre in Bucharest. -AP
A French fugitive who staged a deadly escape that killed two guards last year is being extradited to France from Romania, an official says, days after his arrest in Bucharest ended a nine-month international manhunt.
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Mohamed Amra, nicknamed "The Fly," was arrested near a shopping centre in Bucharest on Saturday after being identified by Romanian police, despite the 30-year-old having dyed his hair red possibly to evade detection.
On Sunday, the Bucharest Court of Appeal approved his extradition request.
An official at Romania's Ministry of Internal Affairs, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the legal case was still ongoing, confirmed to the Associated Press that Amra was handed over to French authorities at an airport near Bucharest on Tuesday for extradition.
