A young girl has died in Vallauris days after being struck by a motorcyclist, according to local reports.
Vallauris
Three men armed with a handgun and knives forced their way into a rented holiday villa around 3am on August 9, making off with luxury watches, phones and a laptop worth an estimated 100,000 euros while the terrified group sheltered in a bathroom.
The man who fled by motorbike after his accomplice was shot and arrested during the August 2 burglary has now been apprehended by judicial police. Grasse's criminal court has ordered both suspects held in custody until their trial.
Two municipal police officers were injured by tear gas during Sunday's intervention, with one opening fire and wounding a suspect in the hip. The officer was placed in custody under standard procedure, a move the town's mayor has publicly criticised.
The town honours its most famous adopted citizen this weekend with a pyro-musical show, video mapping and a torch-lit viewing of his monumental work, La Guerre et la Paix.
Seven people were injured, two seriously, after a midnight fire broke out in a Vallauris apartment stairwell and spread through the building, bringing 57 firefighters to the scene.