2023-06-30 20:48:42
Degradation of public buildings, looting and sporadic scuffles shook many towns in the Paris region and the provinces overnight from Thursday to Friday for the third consecutive night after the death on Tuesday in Nanterre of Nahel, a 17-year-old minor killed by a police officer. who was indicted and imprisoned for intentional homicide. Gérald Darmanin announced that 875 people had been arrested overnight. Nearly 249 police and gendarmes were injured.
At the start of the evening, the Minister of the Interior indicated that 45,000 police and gendarmes will be mobilized for the night from Friday to Saturday.
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45,000 police mobilized, announces Gérald Darmanin Nahel’s funeral scheduled for this Saturday Mylène Farmer’s concert scheduled for Friday at the Stade de France canceledEmmanuel Macron denounces an “unacceptable instrumentalization of the death of a teenager” All parties in colleges and high schools of the academy of Versailles, the largest in France, are canceled until the end of the school yearGérald Darmanin announced that 875 people had been arrested overnightAn investigation into attempted murder of persons holding public authority was opened in Marseille after the attack on two plainclothes police officers overnight
Clashes in the center of Marseille, 49 arrests
Projectiles thrown at police vehicles, tear gas fired, groups of young people with their faces masked and a few burnt scooters: the tension was palpable Friday evening in the center of Marseille, a few days after the death of Nahel in Nanterre. The police announced 49 arrests around 10 p.m. among these small, very mobile groups, some of which “attempted looting” on several arteries. Two police officers were slightly injured.
Curiously, a few meters away, fishermen sit by the water’s edge on the Old Port and a couple share a pizza. A couple of tourists from London, Sam and Emily, 19, who prefer not to mention their surnames, say they are “shocked”. “We have just arrived, and there are police everywhere, tension, it’s weird”, they say before trying to find a restaurant, those in the Old Port being largely closed for fear of damage .
Tear gas and screams ring out again. In a street leading to the Porte d’Aix, not far from there, a few small piles burn in the middle of the road, rubbish, boxes, scooters and a vehicle of the Raid intervention forces zooms towards the Old Port . In the air the helicopter of the gendarmerie flies over the city while sirens sound regularly.
45,000 police and gendarmes mobilized, announces Darmanin
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said that 45,000 police and gendarmes will be mobilized on Friday evening. That’s 5,000 more than the night before. The minister also brushed aside the use of the state of emergency, in an interview given to TF1’s 8 p.m. newspaper.
Seine-Maritime: a young man dies falling from the roof of a store on the sidelines of riots
A young man died on Friday afternoon after falling from the roof of a store in Petit-Quevilly (Seine-Maritime) on the night of Thursday to Friday, on the sidelines of riots following the death of Nahel, a-t – we learned from concordant sources.
The young man in his twenties died by falling through the roof of a supermarket “as part of a looting”, according to a police source, while the Rouen prosecutor’s office clarified for its part that this store was not “under attack by rioters during these events”.
Darmanin to the police: the “next hours will be decisive”
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin wrote to the police and firefighters on Friday, telling them to “count” on their “commitment to respect for laws and ethics”, while the “next hours will be decisive “. “For three days, our country has been confronted with unrest of rare violence”, writes the minister. “In this degraded context, you held on,” he adds. “You reacted proportionally, within the framework of the law,” he continues, congratulating them on the large number of arrests made.
A total of 875 people were arrested overnight from Thursday to Friday, 492 buildings were targeted, 2,000 vehicles were burned and dozens of stores looted. 249 police and gendarmes were injured. Some 40,000 members of the police had been mobilized for this third night of violence after the death of Nahel, 17, killed on Tuesday by a police officer during a traffic check.
Nahel’s funeral scheduled for Saturday
The funeral of Nahel, whose death caused by the shooting of a policeman on Tuesday sparked three nights of riots in many cities in France, is scheduled for Saturday, said Friday Patrick Jarry, the mayor of Nanterre, whose young man was native. “We must continue to surround this family, this mother who will bury her child tomorrow”, declared Patrick Jarry in front of the press after a meeting in Matignon, without giving other details.
Gendarmerie armored vehicles, helicopters, Raid, BRI and GIGN deployed
According to information from Europe 1, the 18 Gendarmerie armored vehicles – i.e. 14 Gendarmerie wheeled armored vehicles (VBRG) and four Centaurs – will be deployed in Paris and its inner suburbs, in Lille, Metz, Lyon, Toulouse and Nantes. These are the cities where urban violence is most feared by the authorities. Still according to information from Europe 1, 29 gendarmerie helicopters will be deployed tonight throughout France. The Raid, the BRI, the GIGN and their branches will be mobilized like last night.
These decisions are part of the measures adopted under the authority of President Emmanuel Macron during the interministerial crisis unit which met in the middle of the day at the Ministry of the Interior. There will also be a meeting of ministers at 6:30 p.m. with digital platforms, says Matignon.
Gérald Darmanin calls for buses and trams to stop throughout France after 9 p.m.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Friday asked prefects to stop buses and trams throughout France from 9 p.m., after three nights of urban riots across the country caused by the death of young Nahel, a said the Interior Ministry. The minister also asked them to “systematic take orders prohibiting the sale and transport” of firework mortars, cans of gasoline, acids and flammable and chemical products.
Gérald Darmanin will also give an interview to TF1’s 8 p.m. newspaper this Friday evening to detail the arrangements for the evening and the additional resources implemented.
In addition, the Paris metro will close at the same times as on weekdays Friday and Saturday evening, one hour earlier than usual, around 1 a.m., “at the request of the police headquarters”, said Ile-de-France Mobilités on Friday. This announcement follows the closure of the Ile-de-France bus and tram network from 9 p.m. every evening “until further notice”, while the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin ordered all the prefects to make the same throughout the country.
Parties canceled in colleges and high schools in the Versailles Academy, on a case-by-case basis for schools
Macron denounces an “unacceptable instrumentalization of the death of a teenager”
Emmanuel Macron denounced on Friday “an unacceptable instrumentalization of the death of a teenager” and announced that “additional means” were going to be deployed by the Minister of the Interior after three nights of urban riots following the death of young Nahel during a police check in Nanterre.
During the Interministerial Crisis Committee held at the Ministry of the Interior, the Head of State welcomed the “rapid and appropriate” response from the police. He also called on “all parents to be responsible” and also asked social networks to “remove” content and identify users linked to this urban violence. According to information from Europe 1, Emmanuel Macron has decided “neither curfew nor state of emergency”.
“Faced with this, I condemn in the strongest terms all those who use this situation and this moment to try to create disorder and attack our institutions. They bear an overwhelming responsibility. And I condemn with the strongest great firmness, we condemn them all, this pure and unjustifiable violence which has no legitimacy”, continued Emmanuel Macron. The president welcomed the “rapid and appropriate” response from the police.
The President of the Republic also took advantage of this speech to call on “all parents to be responsible” who, according to him, must keep their children at home. “It is clear that the context we are living in, as we can see, is the result of sometimes organized, violent and equipped groups, which we condemn, which we apprehend and which will be brought to justice, but also of many young people. A third of those arrested of the last night are young, sometimes very young”, observed Emmanuel Macron.
End of service for buses and trams in Île-de-France at 9 p.m. until further notice
The Île-de-France Mobilités network announces that buses and trams in the region will stop their service at 9 p.m. “In consultation with the police headquarters, all trams and buses in Île-de-France will be stopped no later than 9 p.m. This measure for the safety of agents and passengers will be renewed every evening until further notice. We invite you to anticipate your trips”, can we read on the Twitter account of IDF Mobilités.
⚠ In consultation with the @prefpoliceall trams and buses in Île-de-France will be stopped no later than 9 p.m.
This measure for the safety of agents and travelers will be renewed every evening until further notice.
We invite you to anticipate your trips.— IDF Mobilites (@IDFmobilites) June 30, 2023
875 arrests, 249 police officers and gendarmes injured
Gérald Darmanin announced that 875 people had been arrested overnight from Thursday to Friday. On the side of the authorities, there are, according to Beauvau, 249 police officers and gendarmes injured. During the night from Thursday to Friday, at the national level, 39 national police premises were attacked, 24 municipal police premises and 16 gendarmerie barracks. 119 public buildings were also affected by the riots: 34 town halls and 28 schools were set on fire or damaged.
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