Two people were arrested Thursday, October 15 as part of the investigation into the attack on the Champigny-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne) police station on Saturday by around forty young people, told AFP the public prosecutor of Créteil, confirming information from
Point
.
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The two men were arrested at 6.30 am in the town, said the same source, without wanting to give more details about the people in police custody.
The incidents had started on Saturday shortly before midnight in a sensitive city of Champigny and lasted about an hour.
Two officers had to take shelter in the secure airlock of the police station when the attackers, armed with iron bars and their faces concealed, had arrived, breaking in particular the windows of police vehicles and the glass door of the entrance.
Fireworks mortars had also targeted the building, without causing damage.
"
Acts of great savagery
"
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin immediately denounced "
acts of great savagery
" on the part of "
caïds
", "
thugs
" who came to "
break the symbols of the Republic
" and "
break the cop
".
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The Territorial Security of Val-de-Marne is in charge of the investigation, opened for "
violence in assembly with a weapon on persons holding public authority
" and "
damage to public property and private property
".
President Emmanuel Macron is to receive the police unions this Thursday.
The attack came as the country was reeling from the very violent attack on October 7, which involved two police officers who were beaten up and shot and wounded in Val-d'Oise.
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