Attack on plainclothes police officers in Rennes: two suspects arrested

They had gathered to spend a friendly evening, which ended at the hospital. A group of plainclothes police officers were attacked Wednesday evening on the terrace of a bar-restaurant in Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) by two individuals who were arrested and placed in police custody. One of the civil servants suffers from a broken nose, Frédéric Teillet, public prosecutor, told Le Figaro.

According to the prosecution, the facts occurred in two stages; a first individual would have first passed near the group, identifying in passing the status of a police officer of one of them. The man then moved on before two other people, customers of the establishment, attacked the police.

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An altercation ensued during which one of them received a violent punch in the face, causing a broken nose. “At this stage, it has not been established in procedure that the victim's status as a police officer was known to the perpetrator, nor to his accomplice who intervened by also striking the police officer,” specifies Frédéric Teillet.

Investigations continue

A version which differs from that of Anthony Grelet, departmental secretary of the Alliance Police Nationale d'Ille-et-Vilaine union, interviewed by Rennes Infos Autre. “My colleagues were quietly in an establishment having a friendly time when they were recognized, insulted and attacked. They managed to arrest several of their attackers who rebelled, and against whom we demand severe sentences. We hope that the other attackers will also be arrested,” assures the union official.

The Rennes public prosecutor's office confirms to Le Figaro the arrest of two 18-year-old individuals who were placed in police custody for violence in meetings against representatives of public authority, contempt and rebellion. “Understood, they maintain that they did not identify that they were police officers and that they did not assert their capacity during the intervention. The violence was allegedly committed, according to them, in self-defense. The legal outcome of these police custody will be given tomorrow,” specifies this same source.

According to Actu17, four civil servants were transported to hospital by firefighters. They presented in particular “injuries to their hands and bruises to their faces and bodies”. A woman is one of the victims, adds the specialist media, which specifies that an investigation has been opened and entrusted to the legal support group (GAJ). “The investigations are continuing,” adds the prosecution.