Ten people were indicted in Pointe-à-Pitre for "
aggravated theft in meetings by breaking and entering, with damage by fire
" for some, following looting of jewelry stores in November, we learned Friday evening, time local, judicial source.
Urban violence erupted in November 2021 in Guadeloupe against a backdrop of social crisis and contestation of the health and vaccination pass.
From November 18 to 20, 2021, “
6 jewelry stores had been looted.
One had been set
on fire” and the fire had spread to other buildings, causing a major fire in the center of Pointe-à-Pitre.
The firefighters then spoke of a "
context of urban guerrilla warfare that had greatly hampered the delivery of relief on site
".
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After 6 months of investigations, 10 suspects were "
placed in police custody and indicted
", suspected of having "
participated in this looting
", confirmed to AFP Patrick Desjardins, public prosecutor in Pointe- in Pitre.
"
One or two individuals presented themselves spontaneously
" and others "
were arrested on Wednesday, Thursday and again this (Editor's note Friday) morning, during various operations in the Point area
", carried out in particular by the RAID, according to the same source.
Six people placed under judicial control
Among these ten people, six were placed under judicial control, including a minor at the time of the events, and two individuals, in a state of recidivism, were imprisoned.
The debates on the possible incarceration of the last two indicted have not yet taken place, according to the prosecutor.
A first suspect had been presented to the investigating judge at the end of 2021, bringing the total of alleged looters to 11.
Other violence had taken place at that time, targeting businesses, customs premises or law enforcement barracks.
Regarding urban violence, eight men, including a policeman, are indicted and seven have been imprisoned since January 21.
They are suspected of having planned and organized the violence at the end of 2021.