At least 20 held in police raids after prison unrest

At least 20 people were arrested in police raids raids across France yesterday after a series of attacks on prisons that scared staff and rattled the government, a source close to the case said.

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The early morning arrests took place in the Paris region, Marseille in the south and in Lyon and Bordeaux, the source told AFP, with raids still going on.

President Emmanuel Macron had vowed the attackers would be “found, tried and punished” after days of incidents around French jails, with one sprayed with automatic gunfire.