The cars have burned their legs near several prisons in France, while one was attacked with automatic shots, in possible reprisals against government anti -drug policies, officials of the Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday.
In recent months, Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin, and Interior Minister Bruno Retilleau, have promised to intensify the fight against narcotics and drug -related crime.
“All this seemed to have a coordinated leg and is clearly linked to the anti -drug gang strategy,” a source to AFP told after the incidents recorded during the night until Tuesday.
“The Republic faces drug trafficking and is taking measures that will seriously interrupt criminal networks,” Darmanin himself said in X, promising a “firm and brave” response from the government.
According to the union of prison personnel for justice, “the vehicles were burned, the prison doors set fire to heavy weapons.”
Three vehicles, including two belonging to prison staff, were burned in the parking lot of Vilepinte’s prison, north of Paris, a police source said. A fuel boat was found on the site, and CCTV images showed two people burning cars.
The cars parked outside three other prisons, one near Paris and two in southern France, were also set on fire, said another police source.
In a prison in Toulon, on the southern coast of France, 15 impacts were found in the main door after an attack with an assault weapon in the style of Kalashnikov, said Justice.
In a prison in the nearby AIX, two vehicles were set on fire and the door of the Local Surveillance Unit of the Eris prison was damaged, the union added.
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During the night from Sunday to Monday, the fires had already been established in the parking lots of a training center in the prison staff and a prison near Paris, several sources said.
“These criminal acts are a complete attack against our institution, in the Republic and the staff that serves the Republic every day,” said Fouse, asking for a “strong and clear response from the government.”
Wilfried Fonck, National Secretary of UFAP Ansa Justice, another union, told AFP that the prison system did not have enough personnel to ensure imprisonment “24/7”.
Anarchist slogans were found in some of the attack sites, and the police maintain all open investigation lines, said a source close to the case.
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