Ringleaders of attacks on French jails will be punished, Macron says

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Emmanuel Macron has warned that those behind a wave of apparently coordinated attacks on French prisons and staff will be found, tried and punished".

The president's comments came after at least a dozen assaults on French jails in the past three days. In one attack, gunmen using automatic weapons fired at the entrance to Toulon prison in the south of France.