FRENCH PRISON ATTACKS ASSAILANTS ‘WILL BE FOUND, TRIED, PUNISHED’ – French President Emmanuel Macron denounced the unacceptable violence
French President Emmanuel Macron denounced the “unacceptable violence” of a recent string of attacks on prisons and prison workers around France.
“They (assailants) will be found, tried, and punished,” Macron said in a post on X social media.
French jails were hit by a new wave of attacks overnight, including several cars set alight at Tarascon prison in southern France, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office said on Wednesday, as authorities sought to identify those responsible.
A car was also set on fire in front of the home of a prison guard who works in Aix-Luynes, in southern France, and the door of a building in the Seine-et-Marne region was also damaged, the anti-terrorism office said, adding that it was opening an investigation.
That adds to at least nine prison facilities and other affiliated institutions, including a school for prison staff, targeted in the previous two nights.
