Bordeaux: the investigation expanded to include attempted homicides after the fire at a police station

The Bordeaux public prosecutor's office on Friday extended the investigation opened the day before, after the fire at a police station in the city center, to facts of "attempted intentional homicide" on the three officers who were present. After the demonstration by high school students which took place peacefully on the authorized route, the situation degenerated on Thursday due to "several dozen individuals with masked and hooded faces", according to the authorities.

Numerous trash fires were lit and the police came under mortar fire and projectiles, responding with tear gas grenades. During this violence, a branch of the central police station was targeted. Three police officers were then present on the scene, two inside and one outside, the prosecution said on Friday.

Two police officers still inside the building

The one who was outside “was attacked and pursued by a group of individuals”, while others set fire to trash cans in front of the door of the building, “without being able to ignore” that two civil servants, who had tried to get out, “were still inside”.