Police officers suffered fireworks fire on Thursday evening in a district of Albi and three of them were lightly burned, a police source said on Friday.
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Following a refusal to comply, the police have been the target on numerous occasions by thugs armed with fireworks mortars
" in the popular district of Cantepau, denounced the Alliance union in a press release.
The national police union calls for an "
urgent control of the sales of these dangerous weapons by destination
" and denounces a "
feeling of impunity which animates these thugs, induced by an overly lax criminal response which does not dissuade them
".
The mayor of Albi Stéphanie Guiraud-Chaumeil (Various right) was moved by a "
scene, that nothing can justify and that no one can accept
".
“
The residents were afraid, their incomprehension and their anger grew.
It is our rule of law which is being flouted as well as the daily life of the vast majority of the inhabitants who aspire to only one thing: to live peacefully,
”she added.
