LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Vaud Police are warning the public to be on the lookout for a 64-year-old prisoner considered extremely dangerous who escaped Monday afternoon near Provence, Vaud while on an outing with two prison wardens. The man has been imprisoned for life, without parole, for murder, rape, attempted rape and crimes against property. He can be very violent, police say, and they ask anyone who sees him to call them on the 117 emergency number.

He was traveling by car with the two guards when he hit one of them in the hand with a blunt instrument. Police immediately set up a manhunt with border guards, Neuchatel and French police, local police, police dog teams and the Swiss army. The army has made a search helicopter available.

Provence is close to Lake Neuchatel and not far from the French border.

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The man is 180cm tall, of normal build, wears round wire-rimmed glasses and he has a shaved head. He was wearing a light blue shirt with short sleeves and washed-out jeans when he escaped. He is Swiss and French is his first language but he also speaks Swiss German.

He was last seen heading in the direction of Lake Neuchatel.

Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Passers-by discovered the body of a 58-year-old man from canton Vaud on the shore of Lake  Neuchatel, near du Nid-du-Crô, Neuchatel Sunday afternoon, 20Minutes reports. Police speculate he may have slipped off the end of the pier.