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| Escape after raid on prison van | Escape after raid on prison van |
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| A prisoner has escaped after an armed man held up a security firm's van carrying suspects to court. | |
| The driver was assaulted after the van was stopped at 0745 GMT in Feltham, west London. He is now in a stable condition in hospital. | |
| A 20-year-old burglary suspect made off in a car with the armed man. No shots were fired in the attack. | |
| An unknown number of other offenders were also being transported, but were secured at the scene. | |
| A Metropolitan police spokesman said: "Local officers and London Ambulance Service attended. | A Metropolitan police spokesman said: "Local officers and London Ambulance Service attended. |
| "The driver of the van is believed to have been assaulted. | "The driver of the van is believed to have been assaulted. |
| "He was taken by London Ambulance Service to hospital and is in a stable condition." | |
| The van was driving suspects from Feltham Young Offenders' Institution to a court, said a spokesman for Serco, the private firm contracted to provide prisoner transfers. | |
| He said the driver of the van suffered minor injuries and another member of staff was unhurt. | |
| The spokesman said: "We are assisting fully with the police inquiry." |