Overview
- Masked, armed intruders entered the senator’s home during the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, July 7–8, and held her at gunpoint while stealing goods and two vehicles.
- Annick Petrus, 65, reported she was tied, gagged and detained but was not physically injured and alerted the gendarmerie after the assailants left.
- The Parquet de Basse‑Terre opened a judicial inquiry for armed robbery and sequestration and assigned the case to the gendarmerie’s section de recherches in Saint‑Martin.
- The préfecure said a strengthened gendarmerie security presence will be put in place at her home in the coming days to protect the senator.
- Authorities cite this attack as part of growing concerns about rising crime and the wider circulation of firearms on the Franco‑Dutch island, a dynamic that could increase cross‑border policing and security measures.