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Police officer's home in France destroyed by fire, interior minister says

Reuters

Nov 7 (Reuters) - ‌A police officer's home in ​Auch, ‌southwestern France, was ‌destroyed by fire on Saturday in ‌what authorities believe was a deliberate attack, Interior Minister Laurent ⁠Nunez said.

"Everything ‌suggests that this ⁠intolerable criminal act ​was committed because of the officer’s ​profession," Nunez said.

The ​house ‌was destroyed despite ​the intervention ⁠of firefighters, he ‌said.

"All necessary ​resources ​will be deployed to identify those responsible and bring them ‌to justice," Nunez added in a ‌post ​on X.

(Reporting by Carlos Méndez in Mexico City; Editing ‌by Alistair Bell)