Time for tribute. Wednesday May 14, at the Incarville tollbooth in Eure, an armed commando violently attacked the prison convoy transporting repeat offender Mohamed Amra, killing two prison guards.
This Wednesday, Gabriel Attal will pay tribute to prison captain Fabrice Moello and brigadier supervisor Arnaud Garcia in the presence of Minister of Justice Éric Dupond-Moretti. Initially, it was Emmanuel Macron who was to chair the ceremony but the president went to New Caledonia to “set up a mission” there. He will therefore be replaced by the Prime Minister.
A two-step program
According to the program initially communicated by the Élysée, the arrival of Gabriel Attal at the Caen remand center will be at 11 a.m. It was in this prison that the two killed agents were based. First, the Prime Minister will take a moment to meet and speak with the families of the two victims.
This private exchange will precede the official national tribute ceremony, which should begin around noon with honors to the flag, the review of the troops and the entry of the coffins. Gabriel Attal will then give a speech, which will be followed by a minute of silence and the Marseillaise.
As indicated by France Bleu, other more intimate tribute ceremonies will take place during the week in the respective municipalities of the killed agents, in Thury-Harcourt and Blangy-le-Château in Calvados.
“All means are being deployed to find the perpetrators”
“Tomorrow we will honor the memory of two prison officers who paid the price of their commitment with their lives,” the government spokesperson commented on Tuesday as she left the Council of Ministers. “I would like to assure their family that all means are being deployed to find the perpetrators of this barbaric act,” continued Prisca Thévenot.
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The fugitive and his accomplices have since been sought throughout the country by 350 investigators. The hunt is also organized across borders, with a “red notice” issued by Interpol at the request of the French authorities to locate the escaped detainee.
Shocked by the murder of their two colleagues, prison officers began a movement in the middle of last week to block establishments to “maintain pressure” on the government. They have already obtained an improvement in their weaponry during these transfers of detainees and a limitation on the number of the most dangerous extractions, thanks to the use of videoconferencing or the movement of magistrates to prison.
