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Construction of the motorway A69 : the violence goes up a notch
piolice vehicle set on fire

France Bleu, 26the August 2024

The damage continues on the A69 site after a pile of bridges was set on fire during the night from Thursday to Friday, August 23.The culmination of the weekend violence, a municipal police car caught fire while it was responding to damage on the A69 in Saix, near the ZAD la Cal’arbre. According to the Atosca dealer, the individuals returned on Sunday afternoon to “take possession of the site”.

On Sunday, August 25, at the same site, a security guard was attacked in the morning with “an iron tool” by three masked people. The attackers fled before the arrival of the gendarmes. An investigation for aggravated violence was opened. The security guard was interviewed by investigators on Sunday afternoon. According to Atosca, the employee filed a complaint.

On Saturday, 24 August, a group of individuals opposed to the highway had already entered in the early evening at the construction site in Saïx and had set fire to a prefabricated construction site. Atosca also deplores the theft of construction equipment and denounces «ultra-violent organized and premeditated acts. ».

This Sunday evening, the prefecture of Tarn indicates that an individual suspected of having assaulted the security officer was arrested by the gendarmes on the ZAD of Cal’arbre. According to the prefecture, the police seized equipment for weapons manufacture, but also equipment stolen from the construction site.