FRENCH police today arrested five minors suspected of involvement in a weekend bus arson attack that left a young woman on life support with extensive burns, French radio and television reported.
Around 20 detectives were involved in the dawn raids on a housing estate in close to where youths set ablaze a local bus at the weekend, the reports said, adding that one of those arrested was aged 14.
It was not immediately possible to confirm the reprots.
The attack left 26-year-old student Mama Galledou on a life support machine with burns to 60 per cent of her body. She remains in a critical condition in hospital and supporters were due to rally outside the university where she studied later in the day. |