The French state has been rioting for six nights after a police officer shot and killed a young man as he tried to flee a police checkpoint in Nanterre. More than 3,000 people have been arrested in all those days and this Monday they will hold meetings in the country’s town halls.
A 24-year-old firefighter has died while putting out a fire in a parking lot in Saint Denis caused by the riots France has been experiencing for the past six days, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has announced.
His death, in circumstances that have not yet arisen in an underground car park in this popular city on the northern outskirts of Paris, occurred despite the prompt intervention of his colleagues, Darmanin stressed.
Shortly before giving this information, his department had released preliminary data on the Sunday-Monday night riots, noting that there were “much fewer” incidents than the previous one. In this way, they have recorded 157 arrests and three injured law enforcement officers.
More than 3,000 people have been arrested since this social outbreak began on June 27 after a police officer shot and killed a 17-year-old boy who was driving without a license and bypassed a checkpoint.
One of the most serious incidents since then was the attack by several people who threw a burning car into the house of the mayor of the town of L’Haÿ les Roses, on the outskirts of Paris, Vincent Jeanbrun, on the night from Saturday to Saturday. Sunday. .
Jeanbrun was not home at the time, but his wife and two children aged 5 and 7 were. The woman and one of the children were injured. These facts are being investigated by the Justice Department as a murder attempt.
repulsive concentrations
This afternoon, there are demonstrations across France in the town halls of the country in support of the mayors after the attack on the house of the mayor of L’Haÿ les Roses.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who has completely disrupted his agenda due to this social outbreak, will today receive the presidents of the National Assembly and the Senate. Similarly, on Tuesday, the president will receive the councilors of more than 220 municipalities affected by the protests at the Elysee Palace.
Macron has also asked his ministers to “restore order and ensure a return to calm”, while he has indicated that the government should “continue to allow” the security forces that have been mobilized day and night.
Justice
Triggering this spate of altercations was the death of a 17-year-old boy named Nahel, who was shot dead by a police officer on the 27th as he attempted to flee from a police checkpoint in Nanterre.
The officer has been jailed and charged with voluntary manslaughter after several videos circulated from witnesses to the scene showing that, contrary to what he claimed in his initial statement, Nahel’s attempted escape violated his physical integrity or that of the other police motorcyclist. not endangered. was involved with him in the pursuit of the minor.
For her part, the grandmother of the minor, identified as Nadia, this Sunday in statements to the television channel BFM asked the rioters to stop using her grandson as a “pretext” to incite violence. justice” and wants the policeman to pay for what he has done, “like everyone else”.
Source: EITB
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