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Two gendarmes were gravely wounded by gunfire during a police operation in Guadeloupe, while in Paris a policewoman was knocked to the ground and beaten by rioters. An officer was also assaulted in Belfort amid nationwide student protests that will keep 23 high schools closed Monday in Ille-et-Vilaine. In the US, the family of Renee Good, killed by immigration police, is suing the Trump administration.
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Two gendarmes were shot and seriously injured during a police operation in Guadeloupe, according to French media reports. The incident, involving officers from the judicial police, has drawn wide attention in France, with searches around the gendarmerie spiking as people seek updates on the officers' condition and details of the operation.
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Several incidents are making news in the Vendée region of western France. A 51-year-old man was found dead in the street, and a woman has been charged with vehicular homicide and jailed. Separately, a 31-year-old woman was seriously injured and had to be cut free from her car after a road accident at Landes-Genusson. Gendarmes have also issued a witness appeal after an attempted abduction of a teenage girl near the Deux-Sèvres border, while 39 firefighters were mobilised for an industrial fire that forced the evacuation of a house.
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French triathlete Vincent Luis is competing at the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, with French media describing the event as possibly the last great challenge of his career. He is among several French athletes taking part, including gendarme Guillaume from the Var and Alsatian Nathan Guerbeur, who spoke of brutal heat and humidity on the course. The race is drawing wide attention in France.
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The Lycée Polyvalent Chevrollier in Angers is in the spotlight amid nationwide French high school mobilisations. A student and a gendarme were filmed locking arms during a confrontation at the edge of a school blockade, and the image has circulated widely. The Chevrollier has become one of the visible flashpoints of the protest movement, drawing attention to tensions between demonstrating pupils and security forces.
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Three drivers were flashed for extreme speeding in France, and when gendarmes stopped them, the officers got the same unexpected surprise from all three. The Auto Moto report about the incident is drawing attention in France, where speeding enforcement and repeat offenders are a recurring topic of public debate.
- 7Madagascar marks one year since military sided with Gen Z protests●A year ago, the military joined the "Gen Z" protesters in Madagascar "Let us unite, soldiers, gendarmes, and police offi
A year ago, sections of Madagascar's security forces refused orders to fire on young anti-government protesters and instead joined them, with Colonel Michael Randrianirina urging soldiers, gendarmes and police to stand together with the youth. Commenters are recalling his call to refuse 'to be paid to shoot our friends, our brothers, our sisters', a pivotal moment in the country's political upheaval.
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Gendarmes in the Deux-Sèvres region, near Parthenay, are searching for a white Citroën C3 linked to an attempted scam. Ouest-France reports that police are asking residents for information to identify those behind the attempted fraud, and the case is drawing local attention in the area.