Several prisons in France attacked with guns fired and vehicles burned

Vehicles were set on fire in several prison car parks and a prison in the southern city of Toulon was fired at with an automatic weapon.

Attacks have been carried out on several prisons in France, which involved weapons being fired and vehicles set on fire, the country’s justice minister said on Tuesday.

On Monday night, the entrance to a prison in Toulon was shot at with an automatic weapon, while vehicles were torched in the car parks of several prisons, according to various French media reports and posts shared on social media.

In addition to Toulon, prisons were reportedly targeted in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, Valence and Nîmes, Luynes, Nanterre and Villepinte.

France’s Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin wrote in a post on X that prisons had faced “intimidation attempts”, and said he was going to Toulon to support affected officers.

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