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 as reinforcements from another sector of the department then suffered gunfire "around 2 o'clock".
A 21-year-old arrested
"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.
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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.
