Two men were in custody this Saturday morning, suspected of having deposited an incendiary device on Friday afternoon in a police car parked in front of a police station in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin), which caught fire, according to Alsace.
They allegedly broke a window and set the vehicle ablaze by depositing a Molotov cocktail in the empty cabin.
The motivation for this malicious act, which did not hurt, was known to the police, according to a source familiar with the matter. A video shot by its authors began to circulate in the evening on social networks.
Apprehended Friday evening
The investigation opened at the police station made it possible to apprehend two men on Friday evening.
On Twitter, the prefect of Haut-Rhin Louis Laugier “strongly condemned this scandalous act” and brought “all (his) support to the police”.
In a statement, the Alliance Police Nationale Grand Est union denounced “the impunity of certain thugs who no longer hesitate for a single second to come and challenge the police with a weapon classified by law as a war material“.
The union called for “unwavering support from the judiciary which must provide a firm criminal response to such acts”.
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