The hostage taking in progress since the end of the morning at the French prison of Arles ended without injuries. The inmate who was holding five people in the health unit of the central house has surrendered, according to several police sources.
“The hostage taker from the Arles central house was arrested immediately. No injuries. Thanks to the prison administration teams and the Raid police officers for their intervention,” the Minister of Defense said on X Justice Gérald Darmanin.
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Five people in total – four medical staff and a guard – were taken hostage shortly after 11:00 a.m. in the health unit of Arles prison, by an inmate known a priori to have “significant psychiatric disorders”, according to a close source. of the file, and equipped with a homemade pick.
-A prisoner “with an unstable profile”
A first hostage, a doctor, was released at 2:30 p.m.
Aged 37, the inmate, with an “unstable” profile according to several sources, is incarcerated for rape at gunpoint and had expressed his desire to be changed penitentiary center, said a source close to the case.
Released in 2031, the inmate presents “a psychological profile, not a terrorist profile or anything else”, specified a prison source.
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