An inmate, armed with a bladed weapon, holds five people hostage in Arles prison (Bouches-du-Rhône), Friday January 3.
Handcrafted picks
According to a police source, relayed by the newspaper The Parisiana hostage taking takes place in the Arles prison (Bouches-du-Rhône) Friday, confirming information from Provence.
Four medical personnel and a prison officer are detained in hostage by an inmate named Irwing S. The 37-year-old man threatened them with homemade picks, the police headquarters said.
A very impulsive and violent inmate
The prisoner was imprisoned for rape, according to a judicial source. He is described as a man “very impulsive” et “violent“and would have already had”problems of violence in detention“.
Born in Guyana, the thirty-year-old would have a serious psychiatric history. Faced with this situation, the Raid, a specialized intervention unit of the national police, was deployed with the Regional Intervention and Security Teams (ERIS).
All means are mobilized
The first elements revealed that the start of the hostage-taking took place in the infirmary around 11:30 a.m., during the detainee's usual care. On X, the Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, confirmed these facts.
He assured that “all means have been mobilized to deal with it“. “I follow the evolution of the situation in real time“, he meant.
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