Due to new riots, the French police had to clear the Champs Élysées with tear gas. Even a mayor’s family was attacked.
The French police unions Alliance Police Nationale and UNSA Police use harsh words to explain the country’s violent riots: “The police officers are on combat duty today because we are at war!” wild hordes, it is no longer enough to ask for calm, you have to force it.” Many politicians see the statements as a “call to rebellion and civil war against part of the population.” Left-wing politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon says: “Who calm is not pouring oil on the fire! “
On Sunday night, rioters in the Parisian suburb of L’Haÿ-les-Roses rammed and set fire to a car into the home of mayor Vincent Jeanbrun while his wife and children slept. The family was injured trying to escape. “My determination to protect and serve the Republic is greater than ever,” the politician later stated. “I will not back down.”
But thanks to the efforts of 45,000 police officers and thousands of firefighters, it was quieter than the previous nights. The Paris shopping street Champs Élysées had to be evacuated with tear gas. The police presence was also greatly increased in Lyon, Marseille and Grenoble.
Fundraising for police officers
After a gun shop was looted in Marseille, the police deployed special forces, armored vehicles and helicopters. Meanwhile, a fundraiser for the police officer who shot the 17-year-old in Nanterre, France, is causing a stir. On Sunday, €500,000 had been raised to support the family of the police officer “who has done his job and is now paying a high price,” the campaign said.
Jean Messiha, a supporter of the far-right politician Éric Zemmour, set up the donation pot. He now boasts that he received more money than those who collected for the mother of the murdered boy.
Riots also broke out for the first time in Belgium and Switzerland. In Brussels, 30 people, many of them minors, were arrested.
Source: Krone
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