Research was underway Thursday to find sixteen men who escaped last night from an administrative detention center (CRA) in Oissel (Seine-Maritime), we learned from the prefecture and the police.
There was an “
escape during the night of 16 detainees at the Administrative Retention Center (Cra) in Oissel
,” the Seine-Maritime prefecture told an AFP correspondent.
"Strengthen the patrols"
Measures were "
immediately taken to reinforce the patrols of the Cra and the Departmental Directorate of Public Security inside and outside the site
" installed on the premises of a police school, continued the prefecture, confirming information from the 76actu site.
The police and gendarmerie were alerted and the description of the individuals was sent to them in order to initiate the search, according to the same source, specifying that the prefect had gone to the site.
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The events occurred between 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. between two police rounds.
These are old buildings, the situation has been rather tense in recent weeks between detainees and police
,” a police source told AFP.
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In October, nine men had escaped from the same center located south of Rouen.
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The police services arrested five detainees who had escaped last October.
They were all sentenced to terms of imprisonment
", including four to terms of imprisonment and were imprisoned, while the 5th was given a suspended sentence and deported, according to the prefecture.
Legal proceedings have been opened with the Rouen prosecutor's office, according to the same source.
