“ We are tracking you », Warned the Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal. Nearly 48 hours after the spectacular attack on a prison van, which left two officers dead and three seriously injured, police and gendarmes tried, Thursday, May 16, to trace the escaped inmate and his accomplices.
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Wednesday May 15, before the National Assembly, the Prime Minister Gabriel Attal assured that “ the investigation is progressing » and mobilizes “ massive means “. “ We will find you and we will punish you », Mr. Attal said to the criminals who are still on the run. The hunt is therefore also organized outside the borders, with a “red notice” issued by Interpol at the request of the French authorities to locate the fugitive, Mohamed Amra.
Shocked by the murder of two of their colleagues, the prison administration agents for their part called for the continuation on Thursday of the movement to block establishments started the day before, to “ maintain pressure » about the government. In Caen, where the two victims of the attack of May 14, 2024 in Eure were based, around forty staff from the day shift were gathered around 6:30 a.m. in the main courtyard of the penitentiary center around pallets, noted the AFP.
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“ The movement is renewed, there will be a discussion between the national and local union authorities » to discuss the continuation of the movement, the UFAP-Justice regional secretary told AFP. The union representatives, who were received on Wednesday in Paris by the Minister of Justice, welcomed the opening of dialogue on some of their demands.
“ A certain number of commitments will be made quickly » by the ministry, in particular to improve the arming of agents during transfers, and to limit these transfers by developing judicial hearings by videoconference, declared Emmanuel Baudin, secretary general of FO Justice, after the meeting with Eric Dupond-Moretti. But they demanded a written document, on which the agents will be consulted, before ceasing their actions.
At dawn on Wednesday, hundreds of prison officers blocked movements in their establishments to demand more resources, before observing a minute of silence in memory of the two officers killed the day before at the Incarville tollbooth (Eure) by a heavily armed commando. Faced with their attackers, the agents had only “ a simple Sig Sauer (a handgun, Editor’s note) against weapons of war », said indignant Frédéric Liakhoff, FO-Justice secretary at the Caen penitentiary center, where the two victims were based.
Access to “ inmate files »
The fugitive detainee, Mohamed Amra, 30 years old, was sentenced thirteen times but never “ for violation of drug laws », Specified the Paris prosecutor, Laure Beccuau. The latest conviction dates back to May 7, by the Evreux court “ for burglary » which earned him 18 months in prison. However, he was in pre-trial detention for other cases, including an indictment by the JIRS (Interregional Jurisdiction specializing in the fight against organized crime) of Marseille in a case of kidnapping and assassination by an organized gang.
Among the points of discussion between prison unions and the ministry is the possibility for agents ensuring transfers to have very rapid access to “ inmate records “. Currently, “ colleagues do not necessarily know who they are transporting », noted in particular the secretary general of FO Justice.
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