A hostage was being held Tuesday early evening in Condé-sur-Sarthe prison. Two people are detained, according to the prison administration.

A hostage-taking was underway early Tuesday evening in the ultra-secure prison of Condé-sur-Sarthe, Orne, where a radicalized detainee attacked two supervisors in early March, we learned from the Directorate of the prison administration (DAP). The details of this hostage situation were not known at the moment. The DAP simply stated that a crisis unit had been activated at the Ministry of Justice.