Law enforcement is on site
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Published on September 28, 2024 at 7:20 p.m.
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Updated September 28, 2024 at 7:31 p.m.
A riot broke out in the men’s section of Majicavo prison in Mayotte this Saturday September 28, 2024. According to Mayotte la 1ere, around 3 p.m. “a group of prisoners attacked guards and took four of them hostage”. The police are on site (Photo France Mayotte Matin)
According to Mayotte the 1st the GIGN (national gendarmerie intervention group “six gendarmerie vehicles and a squadron are also on site to try to regain control of the prison”. A
A fire is also underway in part of the prison facility. A thicket emerges from the scene. Firefighters are on site to try to bring the fire under control.
According to the television channel, it was upon returning from the 3 p.m. walk that around thirty inmates forced a security door and attacked the guards.
The events took place in an area which concentrates the most detainees. and where prisoners who must serve a long sentence are incarcerated.
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