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Added on the 16/10/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Prison officers gather at the entrance to Fleury-Merogis prison near Paris for a third day of action following Tuesday's ambush on a prison van in Normandy, which killed two prison officers. IMAGES
Caen prison staff demonstrate outside the prison, two days after an ambush on a prison van in Normandy left two Caen prison officers dead abd and freed a convict linked to gangland drug killings. IMAGES
An officer who was jailed for violence during the riots in Marseille, in the wake of the death of teenager Nahel at the hands of police, and whose arrest has sparked tensions in the city of Marseille, has asked for his hearing to be held behind closed doors. The investigating chamber has rejected his request. IMAGES
Violent clashes occur between police and protestors in front of the Haute-Corse prefecture in Bastia, at the end of a march for prisoner Yvan Colonna, a prominent prisoner who was attacked and left in a coma. The Corsican independent activist who was sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of prefect Claude Erignac was seriously wounded in prison. IMAGES
Clashes break out between supporters of Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko and security forces as Sonko made his way to a court for a hearing on charges of rape against him. Sonko's journey through Dakar under heavy police surveillance finished with tear gas being fired to disperse groups of excited supporters who gathered along his path. IMAGES