Gerald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior of France, twitterFrench law enforcement has reportedly detained 270 people since the events that began in the country on Friday.
“To date, 270 arrests have been made, including more than 80 in Marseille, where substantial reinforcements are currently arriving,” he said.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Born Earlier stated about the use of armored vehicles to quell mass protests in the state.
Protests in France began after the police killed a 17-year-old teenager in the suburbs of Paris on the evening of 27 June. One day later, residents of Lille and Toulouse joined the protests that started in Nantre. The protests then turned into riots and clashes with the police. On the night of June 29, demonstrators began to set cars on fire, smash shop windows, attack police and set up barricades. The riots continued the next day, with police reporting that more than 600 people had already been arrested.
Earlier, the head of the French Ministry of the Interior said that the next few hours Will be “decisive” in suppressing uprisings.