Overview

• The officer was attacked in the Pont de Neuville area during a sting linked to a scooter theft in which police posed as buyers.
• Three minors were detained between Thursday evening and Friday morning, with the first arrest made around 6:30 p.m., and none had prior judicial records according to the prosecutor.
• Two additional suspects remain at large, one of whom is an adult, with five people aged 15 to 19 identified in total including one suspected of filming the assault.
• Lille prosecutors opened investigations into aggravated violence against a public official, theft with threats or intimidation, and the recording and distribution of the video.
• The injured officer is hospitalized with a broken nose and facial trauma and received an initial five-day work incapacity, as political leaders and police unions call for tougher penalties including minimum sentences.