Two cars of the municipal police of Mantes-la-Jolie, parked in front of the brigade, were set on fire during the night of 23 to 24 November 2021. This was clearly an intentional act.
At precisely 1.06am, the fire brigade was called to two vehicles on fire at 17, boulevard des Cygnes in Mantes-la-Jolie. The firefighters extinguished the fire without difficulty, thus avoiding any spreading. The Renault Clio and the Peugeot 207 were destroyed by the flames. The Mantes municipal police, which normally operates 24 hours a day, was understaffed last night. There were no patrols. Only two officers were working at the video surveillance centre inside the premises.
There is little information on the case at the moment. According to one source, the vehicles, which will be investigated by the forensic police, were set on fire with Molotov cocktails. The Mantes-la-Jolie municipal police force, which consists of around fifty officers and whose numbers will be increased on 1 December by the creation of a night canine brigade, has been based at this location since 2007. It had never been subjected to such an attack.
actu78, 24 November 2021 (extract)