The police station of Château-Thierry (Aisne) and the police officers who came to reinforce them were targeted Thursday evening by fireworks, which did not damage or injure, and "
several
" people were arrested, a- we learned Friday from the DDSP of Aisne.
Several mortar fire targeting "
the police station building
", including "
the front door
" took place "
around 11:30 pm
", according to the Departmental Directorate of Public Security (DDSP) of Aisne.
One of the crews who had come to reinforce them from another sector of the department then suffered gunfire "
around 2 o'clock
".
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"
A BAC crew spotted one of the individuals responsible for the first shots within a group
."
At the time of his arrest, the police were "
taken to task by the rest of the group
" and "
used the launcher of defense bullets and defense grenades
", detailed the DDSP.
This 21-year-old man was still in
police
custody on Friday morning, said the same source, mentioning "
several arrests
" without giving the number, police operations being still in progress.
According to a police source, the people arrested are young people in their twenties.