Overview

• Since April 13, at least eight prisons and related facilities in France have been targeted by arsons, gunfire, and threatening graffiti in coordinated attacks.
• The Justice Minister has labeled the incidents as terrorist acts, prompting the Parquet national antiterroriste to launch an investigation into terrorist conspiracy.
• A group using the name 'DDPF' has claimed responsibility in online posts, though its members and motives remain unidentified.
• Government officials suspect the attacks aim to intimidate the state and disrupt plans for ultra-secure prisons for high-risk narcotraffickers.
• Security around prisons has been reinforced nationwide, but no arrests have been made, and investigators are exploring multiple leads including narcobanditism and ultraleft activism.