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France vows tougher punishment for those who attack police ELAINE GANLEY , Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 18 1of18French police officers carry a portrait of police officer Eric Masson, killed last week in an apparent drug-related incident. During a national homage in Avignon, southern France, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. It was the latest of several attacks targeting French police that have angered police unions and become a political issue ahead of regional elections in June and ...

FRENCH Prime Minister Jean Castex has proposed tougher and faster punishment for people who attack the police, as the government paid a national tribute to the latest police officer killed in the line of duty. Mr Castex led yesterday’s ceremony in the southern city of Avignon to honour officer Eric Masson, killed last week in an apparent drug-related incident. Four people have been arrested in the homicide investigation, the regional prosecutor said. It was the latest of several attacks ...

France vows tougher punishment for those who attack police Associated Press Updated:  Tags:  Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved French police officers carry a portrait of police officer Eric Masson, killed last week in an apparent drug-related incident. During a national homage in Avignon, southern France, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. It was the latest of several attacks targeting French police that have angered police unions and become a political issue ahead of regional elec...

French PM toughens penalties for police and gendarmes aggressors French PM toughens penalties for police and gendarmes aggressors Paris, May 11 (Prensa Latina) French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Tuesday announced the toughening of sanctions for those guilty of attacks against police and gendarmes forces, in a context marked by the killing of an police officer in Avignon. After meeting on Monday evening at his Matignon headquarters with representatives of police unions, the prime minister issu...

France vows tougher punishment for those who attack police By ELAINE GANLEY May 11, 2021 GMT PARIS (AP) — “Dead or Alive.” The chilling words were scrawled on photos of three police officers in their uniforms posted last month on a wall in a Grenoble suburb, in southwest France. To French police, feeling endangered and disrespected, this is just one more sign of an upsurge in violence targeting them and making it harder to keep France safe. A police officer was shot to death last week on...

Drugs Linked to Swell in Violence Targeting French Police On 5/11/21 at 12:03 PM EDT Following yet another high-profile slaying of a French police officer, officials are pointing to drug trafficking as the primary culprit in the increase of anti-police violence, foreshadowing a possible crackdown on drug crime ahead. Officer Eric Masson, 36, was shot to death at Avignon police headquarters in southwest France on Sunday. The two main suspects had records linked to drugs, according to French law ...

PM Castex proposes tougher punishment for those who attack police Issued on: French Prime Minister Jean Castex in Paris, France, April 28, 2021. REUTERS - GONZALO FUENTES Text by: Michael Fitzpatrick with RFI 3 min At a Tuesday afternoon national homage to Eric Masson, the police officer shot dead in the southern French city of Avignon last week, Prime Minister Jean Castex said the ceremony...

Main suspects of fatal shooting of police officer in French city of Avignon wanted to flee to Spain Issued on: 10/05/2021 - 07:38 Police officers gather around a portrait of murdered colleague Eric Masson at the main police station in Avignon, France, May 9, 2021. © Nicolas Tucat, AFP 2 min Two suspects in the fatal shooting of a police officer last week in southern France were arrested Sunday around 20 kilometres from the city,...

Two suspects held after French police officer shot and killed Mon 10th May 2021 | 09:10 AM Paris, May 10(UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th May, 2021 ) :Two suspects in the fatal shooting of a police officer last week in southern France were arrested Sunday around 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the city, a source close to the case said. The pair are suspected of being the shooter and an accomplice in the killing of Eric Masson in Avignon, said the source. Masson, 36, and a father-of-two,...

Four suspects arrested over fatal shooting of French police officer in Avignon By RFI AP - Daniel Cole Police have arrested four people suspected of shooting dead a French policeman in the city of Avignon last week, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Monday. The four suspects were arrested on Sunday around 20 kilometres from Avignon, in connection with last Wednesdays killing of police officer Eric Masson. Among them is the suspected shooter, his accomplice and a driver. Th...