The wave of incidents in the French state has not stopped since last Tuesday a 17-year-old boy died at the hands of a police officer in Nanterre. However, France’s interior minister has described tonight as “calmer”.
At least 486 people have been arrested across France on the fifth consecutive night of protests and riots following the death at the hands of police of a 17-year-old teenager, Nahel M., in Nanterre on Tuesday, as reported by the Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin.
Despite this information, Darmanin has described tonight on his Twitter account as “quieter thanks to the determined action of the police”, compared to the previous four.
From the arrests, at least 56 have been to Marseille, 21 to Lyon and 194 to Paristhe French capital, where the greatest tension is on the Champs-Élysées, which, according to the newspaper, had to be closed by the police to prevent discord the figaro.
Earlier on Saturday afternoon, the arrest of 14 people had been reported during an attempted attack on La Canebière street, one of the most important in Marseille.
Meanwhile, at least 37 people have been reported in protective custody near the Champs-Élysées in Paris for carrying weaponsaccording to police headquarters, which has reported 375 installed checkpoints in which objects such as a slingshot with ball bearings, an American fist or Molotov cocktails have been found.
The mayor of the municipality L’Hay-les-Roses He has reported on his Twitter account that his house was attacked with a burning car and his wife, while trying to escape with their two children, was injured, for which she had to be hospitalized.
In Nice quarrels have erupted and 20 people have already been arrested. The mayor of the city, Christian Estrosi, has reported on his Twitter account that “a gang of youths looted a shop in the center of the city”, but the police have already arrested them and the mayor has informed their parents: ” You pay for damage and theft.”
The Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmaninannounced before the night that this Saturday the mobilization of 45,000 policemen and gendarmes to stop the riots.
Source: EITB
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