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When faid made a run through it. he blasted his way through five separate security doors, using explosives, taking four of the guards hostage, as you mentioned. coming out with guns to the temple of one of them. he came out here. once he got clear of the prison walls he made a run over that grassy knoll over there and ran towards a freeway where there was an awaiting getaway car. they sped off, the car was dumped and burnt out. they switched vehicles, and the trail has gone cold. and of course, they are very concerned he's going to strike somewhere, and this being europe, the border's open. yo...

. there is a developing story out of europe this morning that really resembles something out of an action movie but this is real and potentially dangerous. a manhunt is on across the continent for a french gangster. he blasted his way out of prison over the weekend. four guards were briefly held hostage and this is the big question this morning. how did this inmate get ahold of explosives? cnn's dan rivers is in lille, france. good morning, dan. >> reporter: good morning, yeah, it's an amazing story. you would not believe it if you saw it in a movie and the crazy thing this guy redoine faid ...

This notorious french gangster. what did he do? blasted his way out of this prison just this past weekend. four guards were briefly held hostage, not injured, held hostage here. the big question this morning, how the heck did he get a hold of these explosives? in a prison? cnn's dan rivers is in lille, france this morning. good morning, what a story. >> it's an amazing story, isn't it, brooke? interpol has issued now what they call a red note. it's like an arrest warrant worldwide for redoine faid. he's a notorious gangster here in france. he caught the media in the past boasting how he's insp...

A hollywood film. he likes to be known as the greatest gangster, public enemy number one. that's certainly how he's being described in the french papers here this morning. and of course, his editor is saying that will just embolden him further. actually that's exactly the kind of notoriety that he desires. >> i'm sure he's enjoying every minute of being in the spotlight. dan rivers, thank you. you know, you don't often think of someone that loudly making such a scene escaping prison with explosives. >> so public. >> what a story. it is a first, quite the story, as well, from australa. a thrill...

About his rise from sort of petty thief in the suburbs of paris to a kingpin in the organized crime network, a specialist in armed robbery and got out of this prison behind me blasting his way through five different doors using explosives. the last door you can see over -- i don't hoe if entn't k see it. the repair, how he got the explosives inside there, we don't know. he came out with a gun to the head of one of the guards who he had taken hostage and made his way across the front of the prison running over in this direction over behind these vans over a grassy mound to a waiting getaway car...