Wave of ‘coordinated attacks’ targets French prisons | Crime News

Antiterrorism office launches investigation into attacks featuring gunshots and arson thought to be linked to drug gangs.

France’s antiterrorism office has launched an investigation after unknown assailants carried out a wave of attacks on prisons across the country.

Multiple incidents were recorded overnight and into Tuesday, with prisons targeted with automatic gunfire and arson attacks against cars. The perpetrators of the attacks have not been identified, but government officials noted…