Several cars were torched at a prison in southern France overnight Wednesday, marking the latest in a series of attacks on the country’s penitentiaries since Sunday. Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin has blamed drug traffickers for trying to “destabilise the state” as authorities escalate a crackdown on drug networks operating from inside prisons.

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