Emmanuel Macron increases the tone after new attacks around prisons – Liberation

After his ministers in recent hours, this time it is Emmanuel Macron in person who reacts this Wednesday, April 16 in the afternoon to new attacks around prisons. “Some people seek to intimidate our penitentiary personnel and attack unacceptable violence in establishments. They will be found, judged and punished ”, assured the President of the Republic in a message published on X. He also affirmed his support and « That of the nation » to penitentiary staff, who « accomplished (sent) an essential mission of defense of the rule of law and public peace, with courage and dedication ».

Earlier in the morning, the Minister of Justice had mentioned an attempt to « Détabilization ». On the CNews set, Gérald Darmanin said: “There are obviously people who try to destabilize the state by intimidating it. (…) It is a serious intimidation and we try to see if the state will back up. ”

A few hours earlier, at least four vehicles related to members of the prison staff of Bouches-du-Rhône were burned. The building hall of one of their colleague from Seine-et-Marne was also targeted by tags with « DDPF » tags-for « defense of the rights of French prisoners », name of a mysterious Telegram group-and by a start of fire. Since Sunday, prisons have been targeted throughout France and the National Anti -terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) has been seized.

In Tarascon, Three vehicles parked near a detention center have been burned Around 5:20 am, according to the public prosecutor of the city of Bouches-du-Rhône. They were parked in a parking lot « Isolated, reserved for staff, wire mesh and secure access by a digicode ». Laurent Gumbau specifies that the first car belonged to a prison agent on service, the second to a company involved in the detention center, and that the owner of the third, completely destroyed, has not yet been identified. Still according to this source, at least two fire starts were listed and no registration was found on the preconceptions.

Some 80 kilometers south-east of Tarascon, a fourth vehicle was also ignited in the night. According to Jessy Zagari, the regional FO prison delegate in the PACA region, he belongs to a supervisor from Aix-Luynes prison and was burned in front of his home. Since Sunday at least 21 vehicles have been tagged and burnt down, according to a police source.

These new incidents had him in the aftermath of Several coordinated attacks on penitentiary establishments In France. They were included in the referral to the national anti -terrorist prosecution, which took up the investigation on Tuesday to try to identify the authors of the attacks. Since Sunday, they have mainly concerned vehicle fires, but also automatic gunfire, which have not made a victim, as in the Toulon-La Farlède prison (Var).

In Villenoy, in the north of Seine-et-Marne, it is a building hall where a penitentiary supervisor was targeted, according to a police source in Release. The start of fire broke out in the stairwell of the building and the supervisor works at the penitentiary center of Meaux-Chaucon-Neufmontiers. Contacted by Releasethe Meaux prosecutor’s office returns to the PNAT. According to the police source, an « DDPF » inscription was also discovered on a wall of this building.

Several similar tags were discovered in previous attacks. They would mean « Defense of the rights of French prisoners »,, named after a Telegram group recently created, which presents itself as « A movement dedicated to denouncing damage (to) fundamental rights » prisoners, arguing that « In recent years, a majority of supervisors have been humiliating, insults and violates detained persons ». Messages of messages argue that their group is led to deploy « Throughout France ».

Several published videos On this telegram channel were removed this Wednesday by platform moderators on Wednesday. The latter assured in a press release that « The publication of calls for violence and threats is explicitly prohibited by the conditions of use ». One of the video files showed for example a penitentiary agent in uniform, coming out of a car, as well as a mailbox labeled in the name of its owner.

These threats occur almost a year after the death of two prison agents during Mohamed Amra’s bloody escapebut also after several Supervisor attackssometimes at their home.

This Wednesday, the Evry prosecution announced the arrest the day before a man in Essonne. He is suspected of having relayed a message on Telegram to commit degradations, but he is not suspected at this stage of being linked to the mysterious « DDPF » group.

Emmanuel Baudin, secretary general of the FO-Justice union, talks to AFP « The fear of collective movements inside establishments ». « We were told that it was ultra -ke, we were told that it was the Narco, or why not a foreign manipulation: who organizes all this, it is not for us priority », Considers the national secretary of UFAP UNSA Justice, Wilfried Fonck. He denounces a « Operating mode which reaches » another level «  », with « The desire to put the agents directly in a climate of terror and insecurity ».

Update : This Wednesday, April 16 at 4:34 p.m. Wednesday, with the addition of Emmanuel Macron’s statements.