The French Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, who met this Friday with the ministers, considered that the protests after the death of a 17-year-old boy at the hands of the police, which are already going on for the third night, are “unbearable and inexcusable”. .
“The acts committed are unbearable and inexcusable,” considered the French leader who was surrounded by the ministers of the Interior, Justice, Ecological Transition and Territories and Housing and Cities.
The meeting took place in Matignon and was intended to take stock of the violence of the previous night.
It has already been made public that at least 667 people were arrested last night in France and that 249 policemen were injured.
In a message posted on Twitter, the Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin, assured that instructions were given to the security forces to maintain “firmness”.
French President Emmanuel Macron has already called a new crisis meeting for this Friday.
The head of state should shorten his presence in Brussels, where he is participating in a European summit, to return to Paris.
40,000 police officers have been deployed to try to stop the riots that have been going on for a few days in social housing in Nanterre, on the outskirts of Paris, and in other disadvantaged areas of the French capital.
The death of the young Nahel, at a traffic control this Tuesday, captured by surveillance cameras, has once again put tension between the young people and the police.
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
