Around 600 prisoners in third night of riots in France – DW – 06/30/2023

At least 667 people have been arrested from Thursday to Friday (06.30.2023) night. FranceThe third consecutive riot in Nanterre follows the death of a young man who was shot by police as he tried to flee a checkpoint.

Home Secretary Gerald Darman gave the figure in a message on his Twitter account and linked it to the “firm” instructions he had given.

Dharmanin, who has deployed 40,000 agents to prevent a repeat of the riots, urged police, guards and firefighters to “face extraordinary violence”.

According to his department, in Conflicts 249 police officers and gendarmes were injured, though none seriously, by the youths who had led the protests – the majority of those detained were between the ages of 14 and 18.

Nanterre, center

Once again, the city of Nanterre, on the immediate outskirts of Paris, has been at the center of the protests, where a banking institution was burned and several public buildings such as schools and a tax center suffered severe damage.

Thirteen buses from the Paris metropolitan network were set on fire, parked at a warehouse in the town of Aubrevilles, and attacked by several people with Molotov cocktails.

Reacting to the dangerous situation in public transport, Frédéric Péchenard, vice-president of the Ile-de-France region, announced in a statement to France Info radio station that buses and trams will stop running from 9:00 pm tonight (7:00 pm GMT).

Looting and curfew

But the wave of violence was not limited to sensitive neighborhoods in the Paris region, but reached the capital, where shops were looted in the Les Halles neighborhood, in the center and in many other cities.

In various cities of Ile-de-France, mayors have imposed curfews that will remain in effect until the end of the week.

Head of State Emmanuel Macron is to chair the crisis meeting at 1:00 p.m. local time (11:00 GMT) upon his return from Brussels, where he is attending the European Council, the Elysee said.

ct (efe, afp)