Parisian authorities increased their police presence in the L quarter on Monday.to Kurnevnorth of the capital, near Olympic Village Paris 2024, after an attack on a police station late Sunday night.

Boss Paris Police, Laurent Nunez, He told reporters that nine people were arrested after about 50 youths clashed with police and attacked the La Courneuve police station with rocket launchers. Fireworks on Sunday.

This attack took place in protest against the death of a young man from La Courneuve, who died in a neighboring town Aubervilliers during a police chase last week after he refused to stop his motorcycle when police ordered him to do so.

When asked about the danger of unrest in the northern suburbs of Paris during Olympic Games, Nunez said the risk of that happening is low.

“There is a strong police presence there today and this will be even more so during the Olympics when our presence will be massive throughout the Paris region and I have no fear at that level,” Nunes told reporters.

La Courneuve is located a few kilometers from the Paris 2024 Olympic Village, in the northern suburbs of Paris. Seine-Saint-Denis, a troubled department north of Paris that is hoping to get a boost from investment in Olympic infrastructure.

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safety This is extremely important for the French authorities, since the Olympic Games will begin on July 26 in Paris.

Some Olympic venues in Paris were vandalized during unrest in the summer of 2023, sparked by the shooting death of a teenager. North African in the hands of the police.

Nunez, who said two police officers were slightly injured in Sunday’s clashes, said dozens of additional police officers would be deployed in the coming hours and days to ensure calm.

“Reinforcements will remain there as long as necessary,” Nunez said.