According to information from Provence a you Parisiana hostage taking is currently underway at the Arles central house, located in Bouches-du-Rhône.
It would have started late in the morning.
According to our colleagues, an inmate is holding four medical staff and a prison guard hostage, with the help of a bladed weapon.
A prison source specifies that the man had a “psychiatric profile”.
According to Provencethe Raid has been warned and the ERIS, the regional intervention and security teams are on site.
On X, Gérald Darmanin confirmed this information. “5 people are being held hostage at the central center in Arles, including 4 nursing staff and a prison officer. We have mobilized all means to deal with it. I am following the evolution of the situation in real time”writes the Minister of Justice.
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