A clandestine party with "
a hundred people
" in a night establishment in Bastia was interrupted during the night of Thursday 8 to Friday 9 April by police officers.
Three of them were "
injured
", said Friday the prefect of Haute-Corse and the prosecutor of Bastia.
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“
Two police custody are in progress, one under the qualification of violence against persons holding public authority, the other, which relates to the organization of this clandestine evening, under the qualification of deliberate endangerment. of the life of others
”, indicated in a press release the prosecutor of the Republic of Bastia, Arnaud Viornery.
The departmental security is responsible for this investigation.
"
That night around 1am, at the port of Toga, in Bastia
", the police intervened "
in a night establishment which had opened clandestinely and where a hundred people were present
", François Ravier said in another press release, prefect of Haute-Corse.
The prosecutor specified that these revelers wore "
no health protection device and were in a room presenting serious risks in terms of fire safety, in particular because of the obstruction of all emergency exits, barricaded from the inside.
".
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"
The police were victims of throwing projectiles and attacked by some participants,
" denounced the prefect who "
strongly condemns these serious and irresponsible behavior
" and specifies that "
one of the attackers
" was arrested.
Total work interruptions (ITT) of 2, 3 and 5 days were pronounced for three police officers, one of whom was "
hit
", said the prosecutor.
"
The use of tear gas by the police force called in as reinforcements was necessary to free the officials
" as well as to disperse the crowd, he added.
"
Exemplary administrative sanctions will be taken against the establishment
", also announced the prefect who calls on all the participants in this clandestine evening to "
isolate themselves for 7 days and to carry out an RT-PCR test at the end.
".
"
It is the entire collective effort to curb the epidemic which is called into question by the behavior of some if a cluster were to emerge from this evening
", regretted the prefect.
In total, 198 people have died in Corsica since the start of the epidemic, including 108 since September 2020, according to the latest report from the ARS published Thursday, April 8, 2021.