On Monday, April 28th, 25 people were arrested on terrorist charges in connection with the prison attack cases in the past month. France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor office (PNAT) released a statement saying, “An initial 22 people were arrested early in the morning, with three detained later”.
“I would like to thank the magistrates and law enforcement officials who arrested early this morning those presumed to have been behind the attacks against our prisons and prison staff,” Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin wrote on social media platform X. He continued by saying, “We remain committed to the law and to the Republic in our relentless fight against drug trafficking.”
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau also spoke on the arrests, he thanked the prosecutors for their work that “made it possible to achieve results in a very short time.”
According to the PNAT statement, raids took place in the capital Paris as well as in Marseille, Bordeaux, and Lyon. Some of the arrests were made inside of prisons, as authorities believe some of the organizers of the attacks were directing the events from inside the prison walls.
