UK nationals held for attack on policeman at Israeli embassy in Paris
Seven British nationals, including two minors, have been arrested after a car was driven at a gendarme outside the Israeli embassy in central Paris on Monday night.
FrenchFrench police have arrested seven British nationals, including two minors, two days after a policeman was attacked outside the Israeli embassy in Paris, the prosecutor’s office has said, reports The Guardian.
A car drove at the gendarme in the early evening on Monday in front of the embassy near the Champs Élysées in central Paris.
That vehicle and an accompanying car then fled the scene. The military policeman managed to escape the incident uninjured.
The Paris prosecutor’s office has launched an inquiry into “attempted homicide” of a public official.
The seven occupants of the two cars, including two minors, were arrested and held overnight Tuesday, the prosecutor said.
