At least 719 arrested in France during ‘quietest’ night of protests
- July 2, 2023
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At least 719 people have been arrested in the past few hours across France. in the fifth consecutive night of protests and riots following the police death of
At least 719 people have been arrested in the past few hours across France. in the fifth consecutive night of protests and riots following the police death of 17-year-old Nahel M. on Tuesday in Nanterre, according to the country’s interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, who also reported 45 police officers and wounded gendarmes from midnight Saturday to Sunday.
Despite these data, Darmanin described in his report Twitter tonight like ‘hush thanks to the decisive action of the police”, compared with the previous four.
However, the night left notable incidents of violence such as mayor’s house attack from the northern city of L’Ey-le-Rose, Vincent Jeanbrin, who reported that a burning car had crashed into his house.
His wife and two small children were in the house. while the mayor managed a crisis of protests at the commune’s town hall. When the family tried to escape the attack through the back door, they were hit by fireworks. The woman was hospitalized with minor injuries.
“It was an attempt of unspeakable cowardice”the mayor lamented in a statement released by the BFMTV network.
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From the arrests at least 56 were in Marseille, 21 in Lyon and 194 in Paris, the capital of France, where the greatest tension takes place on the Champs-Elysées, which were forced to be closed by the police to avoid quarrels, according to the newspaper Le Figaro.
The prefecture of Marseille reported that among the detainees there are three surprised people when a kiosk in the Cours Julien area was robbed, BFMTV reports.
In addition, groups have formed around the shopping centers of Marseille, such as Grand Littoral, Bonnevein and Le Merlant. In the latter, a hundred people gathered in the parking lot.
In any case, Bouches-du-Rhone police department stressed that “the situation is under control” in Marseille and that “potentially violent groups are systematically dispersed by police and gendarmes”.
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Earlier it was reported about the detention of 14 people on Saturday afternoon during attempted storming of Rue de la Canebièreone of the most important in Marseille.
Meanwhile, in Paris, it was reported at least 37 people were detained in a preventive order in the Champs-Elysées area for carrying a weapon, according to the Police Headquarters, which reported 375 established checkpoints at which items such as a ball-bearing slingshot, an American fist or Molotov cocktails were found.
Riots broke out in Nice, 20 people were arrested. This was announced by the mayor of the city Christian Estrosi. Twitter that “a gang of young people ransacked a store in the city center”, but the police had already detained them, and the mayor told his parents: “you will pay for the damage and theft.”
The Minister of the Interior announced before evening that mobilization of 45,000 police and gendarmes will continue to stop the riots.
Bouches-du-Rhone police headquarters announced the deployment of GIGN in Marseille and will receive two armored vehicles from the gendarmerie. Darmanin confirmed the deployment of five mobile power units in the city of Marseille “with a view to the complete restoration of public order”.
(Europe Press)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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