Violence Erupts After Nahel’s Death: Updates, Arrests, and Damage – Live Coverage

2023-07-01 15:01:00

Fourth night of violence after the death of Nahel, Tuesday June 27 and whose funeral will take place this Saturday. In total, more than 1,300 people were arrested in the night from Friday to Saturday during violence of a “less intensity”, said Saturday morning the Ministry of the Interior.

There have been “79 police officers and gendarmes injured”, added the ministry, in a still provisional report. 1,350 vehicles were set on fire, 234 buildings were set on fire or damaged and 2,560 fires were recorded on public roads.

The government organized a new meeting of the interministerial crisis unit (CIC) on Saturday morning, for “operational” purposes, to take stock after a fourth night of urban violence, Matignon said on Saturday.

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.

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