According to the French Interior Ministry, the number of people arrested during the night-time protests in the country from Saturday to Sunday exceeded 450. It has been reported BFMTV.
It was noted that as of 3:30 (04:30 Moscow time), the agency did not detect any serious incidents that could be attributed to the protest mood, and also reported 486 arrests across France. In particular, people were detained for carrying items that could be used as weapons.
Before that, the French authorities throw Two armored personnel carriers to Marseille to quell unrest in the city.
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. By 1 July, rebels across France had set 1,350 vehicles on fire and attacked 234 buildings, including 47 police stations and 11 gendarmerie barracks at various levels. As a result of the pogroms, the police detained more than 1,000 people.
Former protesters in Paris set on fire Police officers with Molotov cocktails.