French Justice Minister Announces Arrests Linked to Prison Attacks

A wave of attacks in mid-April included prisons being hit with gunfire, and staff cars and homes being targeted with arson attacks.
French Justice Minister Announces Arrests Linked to Prison Attacks
A member of the regional intervention and security team (ERIS13) stands in front of the Aix-Luynes Penitentiary Center in Aix-en-Provence, France, on April 15, 2025. Manon Cruz /Reuters
Owen Evans
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French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin has announced that suspects have been arrested in connection with multiple attacks carried out against French prisons.

“I would like to thank the magistrates and law enforcement officials who arrested early this morning those presumed to have been behind the attacks against our prisons and prison staff,” Darmanin wrote on social media platform X on April 28.
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