At least 421 people were detained in France on Thursday during protests following the death of a 17-year-old boy at the hands of police, according to data from the French Interior Ministry.
There were at least 242 arrests in the Paris region, most of those arrested were between the ages of 14 and 18.
“These record arrests reflect the firm instructions given by the minister,” a source close to the head of the Interior Ministry, Gérald Darmanin, told Le Figaro.
The police received “systematic instructions for intervention,” the minister wrote, in a message on the social network Twitter, in which he expressed his support for the French security forces “who are doing a brave job.”
At around 3:00 a.m. (2:00 a.m. in Lisbon), the situation in Nanterre, on the outskirts of Paris, remained tense for the third night in a row, the BFMTV news channel reported, noting that police and firefighters were still on the land.
Thousands of people protested this Thursday in Nanterre against the death of 17-year-old Nahel, the same day that the French government announced the deployment of 40,000 police officers to contain violence in the country.
The death of Nahel, 17, at a traffic control this Tuesday, captured by surveillance cameras, has renewed tension between young people and the police in Nanterre social housing, on the outskirts of Paris, and in other deprived areas of France. capital. .
Clashes against security forces took place on Tuesday night in Nanterre and, early Thursday morning, public buildings were damaged and cars set on fire, with some 150 people arrested.
The policeman suspected of killing the young man, charged with manslaughter, has been arrested and will remain in custody.
Source: TSF
