At least 667 people were arrested on the night from thursday to friday Francefollowed by the third consecutive revolt A teenager shot dead by police while trying to escape from a checkpoint in Nanterre.
Minister of Interior, Gerald Darmanin He gave this figure in a message from his Twitter account and linked it to the “strict” instructions he gave.
What is your dharma 40,000 agents deployed He stressed that the police, gendarmerie and firefighters had to “encounter extraordinary violence” to prevent a reoccurrence of the quarrels.
The epicenter of the protests was once again the city of Nanterre, just outside of Paris.Serious damage was done to several public buildings, such as schools and the tax office, where a bank branch was set on fire.
However, the wave of violence was not limited to sensitive neighborhoods in the Paris region, but also reached the capital, where shops in the central Les Halles neighborhood were looted.
President, Emmanuel MacronAccording to Elysee’s report, he has to preside over a crisis cell that will be held at 13:00 local time (11:00 GMT) on his return from Brussels, where he is attending the Council of Europe.
He presided over a meeting with various members of his Government, notably Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, at the Ministry of the Interior, early yesterday morning. Macron later condemned some of the riots “unfair“.