Four police officers have been targeted by an attack with Molotov cocktails on Saturday afternoon at Viry-Châtillon (Essonne) Thomas SAMSON / AFP

Viry-Châtillon under high voltage. Saturday afternoon, four police officers were attacked by a dozen individuals in balaclavas and armed with Molotov cocktails, near the city of the Great Terminal, located at horse on the municipalities of Viry-Châtillon and Grigny, in the Essonne.

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one of The keepers of the peace, aged 28 years, in a ” state of concern and declining “, according to a police source, was placed under induced coma on Sunday. His prognosis is engaged. His colleague, 39-year-old, the mother of the family, is still hospitalized for burns, but his condition is ” less disturbing “, according to this same source. The other two agents, ” shocked “, were released Saturday evening from the hospital of Longjumeau. An attack “outrageous” and “intolerable,” has reacted in the wake of François Hollande. Back on the facts.

” crossroads care “

It is 15 a.m. this Saturday on the DR 445, at the intersection of the “Bakery” part of the name from the nearby bakery. At the red light, the place is known for the past few years for many flights to the door with violence. “We call it the crossroads diligence,” notes from 20 Minutes, Claude Carillo, regional secretary of the police union Alliance 91.

to cope with this phenomenon, the city of Viry-Châtillon decided a year ago to install a surveillance camera. Regularly destroyed, including stroke of the grinder or car-aries, this camera was since Monday “secured” by patrols, static. This Saturday, they are, therefore, four police officers in two vehicles to carry out this mission of protection. But suddenly,