A hostage taking is underway at Arles prison (Bouches-du-Rhône) this Friday, January 3. According to a police source at franceinfo, the hostage taker is 37 years old, born in Guyana and incarcerated for rape at gunpoint.
A hostage-taking is in progress, Friday January 3, at the Arles central house (Bouches-du-Rhône), France Télévisions learned from a union source, confirming information from Provence(New window).
According to a police source at franceinfo, the hostage taker is 37 years old, born in Guyana, incarcerated for acts of rape at gunpoint. He was up for release in 2031 and known to have psychiatric problems. Il “is not considered radical Islamic”nor particularly monitored, adds a prison source.
-According to a police source, the detainee was in the infirmary after suffering a hand injury during a fight. It would then be seized with homemade picks to take hostage shortly after 11 a.m. five people, four members of the prison’s medical staff as well as a guard. This inmate explains that he wants to be changed penitentiary center. For the moment, indicates this source, the situation remains calm.
The Raid, the Eris (regional intervention and security teams) and the local security teams are on site. “We have mobilized all means to deal with it. I am following the evolution of the situation in real time”declares Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of Justice, on(New window).
