Four French police officers set on FIRE in evil petrol bomb attack by masked thugs
A DOZEN masked thugs set four French police officers on fire yesterday after launching petrol bombs at their cars.
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TOM PARFITT & PETER ALLEN
PUBLISHED: 17:02, Sun, Oct 9, 2016 | UPDATED: 17:47, Sun, Oct 9, 2016
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Four French police officers are in hospital after the sick attack
The officers were in patrol on the Grande Borne – a notorious housing estate in Paris – at the time of the sickening incident.
Eyewitnesses said they were "attacked from all sides" by the cowardly mob, who have yet to be identified.
The victims are currently being treated at a nearby hospital.
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Two of the officers were very badly burned
Police source
A police source said: "Assailants in a group of around a dozen threw Molotov cocktails at the car.
"Two of the officers were very badly burned and rushed to intensive care units. Two others received hospital treatment.
"The other officers hurt managed to call reinforcements who turned up to secure the area."
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Two of the officers were 'very badly burned', a police source said
French President Francois Hollande condemned the violence, which took place at 3pm local time (2pm BST) on Saturday.
He said: "Everything will be done to find the perpetrators of this attack and bring them to justice."
The incident was "unspeakable" because it "endangered the lives of officers whose job was to protect the population", he added.
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Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls both condemned the incident