The French Ministry of the Interior has already registered 3,200 people were arrested during the protests that started last Tuesday With one teenager dying at a police checkpoint, the figure has already reached that of the mass protests in 2005, except that this figure has now been reached, also due to the deaths of two teenagers. only six days instead of three weeks.
Nahel’s death by gunfire by an agent led to daily riots in different cities of France. Although the night from Sunday to Monday was relatively quiet and there were a little over 150 arrests, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin confirmed that he had already arrived. an “unprecedented” level of arrest.
Of the 3,200 arrested, “60 percent” have no police records and have not been subject to any inspection. Regarding age, the average is 17, and even children under the age of twelve or thirteen have cases associated with fires, attacks on security forces or public institutions.
During the five-night protests, the Government 5,000 vehicles and 10,000 trash cans were set on fire, 1,000 buildings were damaged, 250 attacks on police stations and more than 700 police or gendarmes were injured.
Darmanin promised authorities will continue “to mobilize a lot” to “restore order”, a commitment that has been repeatedly launched by authorities in recent days in the face of actions that, in the words of President Emmanuel Macron, are “unjust”. The security apparatus of the last few days has designed the deployment of 45,000 police and gendarmes.
Also this Monday, rallies were held in different cities of France, including Paris, in support of Vincent Jeanbrun, mayor of L’Hay-Les Roses, who was thrown in front of his house on Saturday when a burning car was thrown. Anne Hidalgo, the capital’s mayor, called for an “outburst of respect” against the violence, Franceinfo reported.
third passenger
Meanwhile, the agent who shot the bullet that cost Nahel’s life and whose actions were questioned by the authorities, stays in temporary prison as a suspect for the crime of manslaughter.
Nahel was traveling in a vehicle with two other people, but until this Monday, a third of those in the vehicle did not reappear. According to legal sources cited by Le Figaro, this person, whose identity has not been disclosed, was brought before the National Prosecution General Inspectorate (IGPN) to testify as a witness to the events.