Tag: French police

Tensions rise as new inmate attack fuels French prison strikes

by Marie DHUMIERES / Joseph Schmid Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – French police fired tear gas to break up a picket line of striking prison guards at Europe’s biggest jail on Friday, as a fresh assault by inmates on staff at a facility in Corsica fueled demands for better security. The scuffles at the huge Fleury-Merogis prison just south of Paris came as unions were pressing a fourth day of strikes across France sparked by a […]

Police raid France’s Lactalis after baby milk scandal

LAVAL, France (AFP) – French police raided the headquarters of dairy giant Lactalis on Wednesday over a baby milk salmonella scare that has sickened dozens of children and led to a major international recall. Dozens of police were searching the company’s offices in Laval, western France, as well as its factory in nearby Craon which was the source of the tainted milk. Lactalis has recalled baby milk from 83 countries, with anger growing after it emerged […]

Chicago man shot and killed while live streaming

by Nova SAFO CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Just a day after an extremist attacked a French police couple and broadcast himself inside their home on Facebook Live, a man in Chicago was shot and killed while video streaming on the social network this week. Wednesday’s shooting, taking place just a few days after the Orlando, Florida massacre at a gay nightclub, was a stark depiction of the gun violence that has plagued the United […]

French police couple killed in IS-inspired stabbing

by Paul AUBRIAT and Clare BYRNE in Paris MAGNANVILLE, France (AFP) — A convicted radical who killed a French police couple in an IS-inspired stabbing was carrying a “hit list” of VIPs and urged followers to turn Euro 2016 into a “graveyard”, officials said Tuesday. Monday’s assault in a small town northwest of Paris was the first deadly strike in France since the coordinated attacks in the capital by an Islamic State cell in November, […]

French police conducts manhunt

After the gunning incident in a newspaper office in Paris, the French police is conducting a large-scale manhunt with warrants issued against two brothers believed to be responsible for the death of 12 people in the said incident.