A hostage-taking took place in the health unit of the Arles central house this Friday, January 3 around 10:15 a.m., in Bouches-du-Rhône, according to police sources atAFP. Five people were held hostage by a detainee before one of them, a doctor, was released early in the afternoon, theAFP police and prison sources.
The individual went to the police without causing any injuries, according to the news agency. Information confirmed by the Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin. All the hostages have been released.
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Aged 37, this inmate equipped with a homemade pick and known for “significant psychiatric disorders” retained four nursing staff and a prison guard, according to these sources. The man does not present “not a terrorist profile”, underlined a prison source.
He says he wants to “change prison centers”
Unfavorably known to the police and the justice system for numerous common law offenses, he was imprisoned for rape at gunpoint. He says he wants “change prison center”, according to the source close to the file.
Several intervention forces were deployed on site, awaiting the intervention of regional intervention and security teams, according to Provence. “The situation remains calm,” said a source close to the matter toAFP. The Raid was also activated by the Bouches-du-Rhône police prefect. “We have mobilized all means” to put an end to the hostage-taking, indicated on X the Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin, saying he followed “in real time the evolution of the situation”.
