US EditionFrench Prisons Face Coordinated Attacks Linked to Drug Crackdown
- A series of coordinated attacks targeted several prisons in France, involving arson and gunfire, according to various sources.
- Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin stated, 'Attempts are being made to intimidate penal institutions' following these incidents.
- The national anti-terrorist prosecutor's office is investigating the attacks, which are considered linked to drug trafficking efforts and anti-drug gang strategies.
- No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but officials suggest that the actions may have ties to leftist groups or organized crime.
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French Interior Minister Bruno Retayo said in response to a series of attacks on prisons in several cities that the national counter-terrorism prosecutor's office has taken action and has the resources to resolve the issue, and that he believes the drug mafia is behind the attacks, French media reported today.
France is shocked by a series of violent attacks against the prison. Prisons are overcrowded. The Minister of Justice speaks of an attempt at intimidation.
‘They will be found and punished’ – prisoners rights group linked to jail attacks in France
French president Emmanuel Macron said yesterday those behind an unprecedented wave of attacks against French prisons would be tracked down and punished after violence flared for a third night.
President Emmanuel Macron promised that the perpetrators of attacks against the prison in France would be "recovered, tried and punished" after new actions on Wednesday, including the burning of three vehicles in a parking lot in Tarascon prison (south-east).
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