The riots that have occurred in France since June 27 have set fire to 2,508 buildings and 12,031 cars, and 3,505 people, mostly young people, have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in these crimes, the French Executive announced this Wednesday.
The numbers were disclosed to the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, in an intervention in the Senate (upper house of the French Parliament), in which I am aware that, in the last few nights, the altercations have greatly diminished, “it is quite difficult to know what will happen in the coming days”
Darmanin explained that the security forces recorded 23,178 fires in the street and that of all the buildings burned, 273 were National or Municipal Police stations and Gendarmerie (militarized guard) headquarters.
The minister said that the average age of those detained during the riots is 17-18 years, with the youngest being 11 and the oldest 59, and that only 10% are foreigners and 60% have no judicial or police records.
According to figures communicated by the government spokesman, Olivier Véran, at the end of the Council of Ministers, until this Tuesday, of all the detainees, 990 had already been brought before a magistrate with a view to possible prosecution and 480 cases had been investigated. open for immediate court appearance.
After these trials, to which minors cannot be subjected, 366 people were arrested.
At the origin of this rebellion is the death, on June 27, of a minor under the age of 17 who was shot by a police officer when he tried to evade a police control while driving a car for which he did not have a license. drive
The Interior Minister reiterated the idea that this agent, a 38-year-old brigadier with various decorations, “did not respect the 2017 law” which, in a context marked by the wave of ‘jihadist’ attacks in France, extended the authorization of the use of weapons against those who flee from police control and may endanger the integrity of law enforcement officers or third parties.
Faced with criticism from a part of the French left, which was calling for the law to be amended on the grounds that it led to a much greater use of weapons by agents and a record 12 deaths last year, the government official he objected.
In his line of argument, this law did not mean an increase in the use of weapons by the security forces against those who evade controls, although these are increasing.
“The Police and the Gendarmerie do not shoot more than before, but the number of people who escape the controls is increasing,” he declared.
Darmanin pointed out that behind the riots there is a minority that does not represent the population of sensitive neighborhoods: “At most there were a few thousand people.”
The police officer suspected of fatally shooting the youth is charged with murder and is in custody.
Source: TSF
