At least 718 people were arrested and 45 police officers were injured in the fifth consecutive night of unrest in France following the death of a teenager shot by security forces on Tuesday, the interior ministry said on Sunday.
In a publication on his personal account on the social network Twitter, the French Minister of the Interior, Gérard Darmanin, indicated that despite the incidents, the night from Saturday to Sunday was quieter than the previous one, a fact which, in his opinion, is due to an increased presence of security forces on the streets.
Nuit plus calm grace à l’action résolue des forces de l’ordre qui ont notamment realisé 427 interpellations depuis le debut de soirée.
– Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) July 2, 2023
This Sunday at 8 a.m. local time (7 a.m. in Lisbon), the French Ministry of the Interior updated the figures and reported the arrest of 718 people, while 994 had been reported at the same time the day before. soon after that number would be updated to 1,311.
Among the incidents recorded from Saturday evening to this Sunday, the France-Presse news agency (AFP) reported, is an attack on the residence of a mayor of a small town in the Paris region, committed by “rioters”, in which the wife and one of the two minor children.
Vincent Jeanbrun, mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses, on the outskirts of Paris, denounced “an indescribable and cowardly assassination attempt”.
At around 1:30 a.m. (12:30 a.m. in Lisbon), while Jeanbrun was at City Hall “just like three nights ago” to face the urban violence, the rioters “threw an armored vehicle against his house before setting it on fire to burn the home,” where the woman and two young children slept, he said in a statement on Twitter.
According to Jeanbrun, the woman and one of the children were injured while trying to “protect” the family and “escape from the aggressors”, after being warned.
Now, un cap a été franchi dans l’horreur et l’ignominie. My residence is a registered person and my family is a victim of a pre-trial killer.
The determination to protect and serve the République is greater than ever. Je ne reculerai pas. #PasPourRien #emots ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/9HW1eAFCXN
-Vincent Jeanbrun (@VincentJeanbrun) July 2, 2023
Meanwhile, police have opened an investigation into the alleged assassination attempt, a judicial source told AFP.
According to the source, the perpetrators of the crime set fire to both the mayor’s armored vehicle and family car before being dispersed by the police and fire brigade, who “intervened very quickly”.
“Tonight has reached a new level of horror and disgrace […] While my priority today is caring for my family, my determination to protect and serve the Republic is greater than ever,” the mayor of this city of more than 30,000 people said in a statement.
France’s interior minister announced on Saturday that the mobilization of 45,000 police officers and national guards would continue to face a possible night of protests and riots following the death of Nahel M., a 17-year-old who died last Tuesday. was held at gunpoint. clothes by a police officer during a traffic check.
Nahel’s funeral ceremonies took place on Saturday in Nanterre, on the outskirts of Paris, with a private vigil, ceremony at the mosque and burial at a local cemetery attended by hundreds of people.
Source: DN
