According to authorities, more than 70 people have been detained for rioting.
As the rioting caused by the murder of a youngster in a police shooting raged into the early hours of Thursday, more than 70 individuals have been detained in suburbs of Paris.
On Tuesday, protests started in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, but they soon expanded to other significant cities, such as Toulouse, Lille, Lyon, and Nice. Rioters attacked police with fireworks, burned trash cans, and set a number of automobiles on fire.
Stones and Molotov cocktails, according to local journalists, were thrown at police vans.
Le Figaro said that “a few dozen” people set off fireworks and made an attempt to break into a prison in Fresnes, a suburb of Paris, before being chased out by police.
According to French media, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin stated on Wednesday night that 2,000 cops and gendarmes had been placed on alert in the greater Paris area, an increase of 800 from the previous night. In Nanterre, police were given permission to utilize drones for emergency surveillance.
As reported by AFP, police announced a total of 77 arrests early on Thursday. Between Tuesday and Wednesday night, more than 30 people were detained, many of them in the Hauts-de-Seine department, where Nanterre is located.
Following the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old during a traffic check by a police officer, eventually named as Nahel M., protests broke out. Nahel had not complied with the officer’s requests, according to the police at the time. In order to get justice for her son’s death, the young man’s mother, Mounia, called for “a revolt” in a video broadcast on TikTok.
The death of Nahel was denounced by President Emmanuel Macron. “One of our students was killed. During a visit to Marseilles on Wednesday, Macron said, “It’s inexcusable, unfathomable, and I want to send my regrets and condolences to his family and loved ones.
He gave Olivier Klein, minister of cities and housing, the order to convey the condolences of the government to the family of the murdered adolescent.
Macron asked the public to maintain their composure on Twitter and thanked the law enforcement personnel who “are committed to protecting us and serving the republic.”
Marine Le Pen, the head of the opposition, referred to Macron’s comments as “excessive” and “irresponsible.” Le Pen argued that the probe should not be hampered by the president and that it is up to the courts to determine what actually occurred.
Police have detained and accused the officer who fired the fatal shot with intentional homicide. Due to the fact that the suspect is a Nanterre police officer, the mother of Nahel’s child’s attorneys have requested a change of venue.
