Overview

• Gendarmes from the Bordeaux research section detained a man in his fifties in the Puy-de-Dôme and placed him in garde à vue.
• Investigators examined local CCTV and vehicle movements near La Roche-Chalais and are checking reported family ties linking the suspect to Dordogne.
• Three improvised parcels were deposited on October 4 at the La Roche-Chalais post office; one exploded in a mail van with no injuries and two were rendered safe by bomb disposal teams.
• The devices were small artisanal charges connected to a battery and were assessed as non‑lethal.
• The parcels bore the name "Laure Loge" with a Davos address, they targeted Manuel Bompard, Estelle Denis and Élodie Poux, and no motive has been identified.