The partner of a French prison inmate was killed by police on Tuesday after they...
CONDE-SUR-SARTHE, France - The partner of a French prison inmate was killed by police on Tuesday after they stabbed two guards in an attack the government called a terrorist incident.
French police take position outside the prison where an inmate in one of France's most secure prisons stabbed two guards with a knife in Conde-sur-Sarthe, France, March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier After the stabbing, the couple barricaded themselves in a room used for family visits in the top security jail in Conde-sur-Sarthe, northern France for ten hours before police stormed the room, anti-terrorist prosecutor Remy Heitz said.She was visiting her companion, named as Michael Chiolo and serving a 30-year sentence for armed robbery, kidnapping and murder, when the attack took place.“ said he wanted to avenge Cherif Chekatt,” Heitz told reporters.
Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet earlier said she understood the prisoner was on a security agencies watch list of potential threats because of his suspected Islamist sympathies.She said an investigation was under way into how Chiolo’s companion was able to smuggle a ceramic kitchen knife into the prison.
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