PARIS, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- A firefighter was injured on Sunday by a gunshot during an intervention near Marseille in southern France, announced the prefecture of Marseille.
A group of firefighters, while responding to a fire in Les Pennes-Mirabeau in the northern suburbs of Marseille, were attacked by an assailant with firearms, according to the prefecture of Marseille.
The shooter has been arrested and at least one firefighter was injured and transported to a hospital center, according to local emergency services.
The police prefecture of Les Bouches-du-Rhone said that law enforcement forces were on site and a security perimeter had been set up. The delegated police prefect and the departmental prefect were also on site.
Minister of the Interior Laurent Nunez said on social media X that "the exact circumstances remain to be established," and expressed his "full indignation at this gratuitous violent assault against our firefighters who put themselves on the line to protect." ■