French authorities arrest suspects linked to prison attacks, minister says

28/4/2025 14:47

Suspects have been arrested in connection with attacks carried out against French prisons earlier this month, said French justice minister Gerald Darmanin on Monday, without detailing the number detained.



Darmanin wrote on X, "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."



At least six French prisons came under attack. An AK-47 automatic rifle was fired at the entrance of Toulon prison, while vehicles were set on fire outside jails in Villepinte, Nanterre, Aix-Luynes, and Valence.



French interior minister Bruno Retailleau said drug-traffickers were most likely responsible for the attacks.