France prisons blocked in national strike
263 views · Published 15 January 2018 · 1:01 · Indexed 28 September 2026
Channel: AFP News Agency · 2018 · News & Politics
The "total blockade" of prisons across France begins in Vendin-le-Vieil, as labour unions call for better security after three guards were hurt by a German inmate being held for plotting the deadly 2002 suicide bombing at a Tunisian synagogue. IMAGES
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