Two French prisoners escaped from jail after sawing through the bars of their cells and using bedsheets to get out of the facility, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Guards noticed the break-out shortly before dawn, the prisons' authority said. The facility is in the eastern city of Dijon.

The pair "seem to have sawn through bars" and "fled using bed sheets," Dijon prosecutor Olivier Caracotch said. He did not provide further details on how exactly they used the bedding.

Union official Ahmed Saih, who represents prison officers at the facility, said the inmates used "old-fashioned, manual saw blades".

The fugitives are a 19-year-old man held in pre-trial detention since October 2024 for attempted murder in a drug-related case, and a 32-year-old man incarcerated since 2023 over threats and

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