Overview
- Around 14:00, attackers armed with long guns used explosives to breach Laboratoires Pourquery in Lyon’s 7th arrondissement.
- Witness videos show a violent blast, a white van with a blue light, and assailants wearing orange armbands that suggested police impersonation.
- Five employees sustained minor injuries from the explosion, and three were taken to hospital for precautionary checks.
- After a police pursuit involving Lyon’s BRI with reinforcements, officers arrested suspects in the act and recovered the stolen goods, and the inquiry was assigned to the police judiciaire.
- Authorities issued differing figures on arrests, with the prefecture reporting five and the interior minister later citing six, and the suspects have been placed in custody.