The Rennes prosecutor's office announced on Monday February 13 that it had opened an investigation into attempted murder after a CRS was injured last Saturday by a molotov cocktail during clashes in the Breton capital on the sidelines of the mobilization against the pension reform .
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We have opened a criminal investigation entrusted to the departmental security for attempted intentional homicide of persons holding public authority with regard to the throwing of a Molotov cocktail on the Place de la République which injured three CRS, including one more seriously ( following the ignition of his outfit)
”, Philippe Astruc, public prosecutor of Rennes, told AFP, confirming information from Ouest-France.
The magistrate, who condemns "
with the greatest firmness these extremely serious facts
", recalls that the penalty incurred is life imprisonment.
'Unacceptable violence'
Sunday, in a press release, the prefect of Ille-et-Vilaine had denounced "
unacceptable violence
" committed on Saturday in the Breton capital on the sidelines of the demonstration which had brought together 25,500 people, according to a figure from the prefecture.
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The flammable mixture hit the shield of a CRS agent and spread over the latter, splashing two other colleagues in the process.
Battling the flames, they were immediately rescued by the water launcher truck which sprayed them to put out the conflagration
,” said Emmanuel Berthier.
“
Supported by an operational rescuer and then by the firefighters, they were transported to hospital for medical treatment.
The first officer suffered 2nd degree burns and the other two suffered 1st degree burns.
It is to the immediate action of their colleagues and the water launcher truck that we owe having avoided the worst
,” said the prefect.
On a video circulating on social networks, we can see flames on a CRS on fire in Place de la République and which is rescued by CRS colleagues, then sprayed by a water cannon.
In addition, following the violence on Saturday, the prosecutor indicated that there had been eleven police custody, following the 23 arrests.
Four people, born in 1995 and 2004, with no criminal record, must be referred on Monday, while a fifth was summoned for a criminal composition.
