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| Hostage-taking situation at prison in Condé-sur-Sarthe, France (PHOTO, VIDEO) | |
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| Two people have been taken hostage at a high-security prison in Condé-sur-Sarthe prison in the Orne region of north-western France, according to local media. | Two people have been taken hostage at a high-security prison in Condé-sur-Sarthe prison in the Orne region of north-western France, according to local media. |
| One inmate took a guard and a trainee guard hostage at the facility during the evening meal time between 6:30-7pm. GMT, according to Le Figaro. The prisoner is reportedly armed with an improvised knife. | |
| Media reports said the French Ministry of Justice has responded to the incident and activated a crisis unit. | Media reports said the French Ministry of Justice has responded to the incident and activated a crisis unit. |
| Footage from the scene shows heavily armed police officers, as well as military servicemen - who apparently arrived by helicopters - amassing in front of the correctional facility. The police officers apparently belong to the elite RAID unit - special tactical force, analogous to SWAT. | |
| BFMTV reported that the prisoner had carried out hostage-takings before and this was the reason why he was moved to the Condé-sur-Sarthe prison. | BFMTV reported that the prisoner had carried out hostage-takings before and this was the reason why he was moved to the Condé-sur-Sarthe prison. |
| Sources told Le Figaro that the inmate was 35-year-old Francis Dorffer, who was branded a "serial hostage taker" by French media in 2017. Dorffer was incarcerated back in 2000 – when he was just 16-years-old – and he never got out due to all the misconduct behind bars. The crimes, committed by the man while in jail, include a murder of his cellmate, as well as taking prison guards hostage several times. | |
| It is also not the the first crisis at the prison. In March, a radicalized prisoner at the facility brutally assaulted two guards, sparking an hours-long standoff with police. In that incident, the wife of the prisoner, who was visiting at the time, was killed when elite police forces launched an assault after failed negotiations. | It is also not the the first crisis at the prison. In March, a radicalized prisoner at the facility brutally assaulted two guards, sparking an hours-long standoff with police. In that incident, the wife of the prisoner, who was visiting at the time, was killed when elite police forces launched an assault after failed negotiations. |
| According to BFMTV's report, negotiations are underway and the hostage-taker is demanding to be transferred to another location. | According to BFMTV's report, negotiations are underway and the hostage-taker is demanding to be transferred to another location. |
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