French authorities on Tuesday (April 15) said several prisons were attacked overnight amid a government crackdown on drug trafficking in the country.
Unknown assailants fired at a prison in La Farlede near Toulon, while vehicles were torched outside other facilities in places including Villepinte, Nanterre and Valence.
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Unknown assailants fired at a prison in La Farlede near Toulon, while vehicles were torched outside other facilities in places including Villepinte, Nanterre and Valence.
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00:00French authorities on Tuesday said several prisons were attacked overnight amid a government
00:06crackdown on drug trafficking in the country. Unknown assailants fired at a prison in La
00:12Farlede near Toulon, while vehicles were torched outside other facilities in places including
00:17Villepinte, Nanterre and Valence. In Nancy, a prison officer was threatened, while there was
00:24an attempted arson attack in another facility in Marseille. It remains unclear if the attacks
00:29were coordinated or who was behind them.
00:32I'm going to tell you, unfortunately, we had no personnel behind the door or on foot, because
00:40since it was like this, it would have been worse than what it was. Unfortunately, there
00:46were no deaths, no deaths.
00:48Justice Minister Gerald Darmanen, who has led efforts to tighten prison security and target
00:53gang leaders operating from behind bars, said he would visit Toulon. The National Anti-Terrorism
00:59Prosecutor's Office is leading the investigation after the attacks also targeted the National
01:05School of Prison Administration.
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