The attack against the house of a mayor caused a stir this Sunday in France where riots caused by the death of a 17-year-old boy at the hands of the police continue, although the violence was less intense than the previous nights.
In a sign of the magnitude of the crisis, the French president, Emmanuel Macronannounced a meeting on the situation this Sunday night with his prime minister, the interior minister and the justice minister.
France has experienced a wave of violence since the publication of the video of Nahel’s deatha young man who died on Tuesday from a point-blank shot by a policeman during a traffic control, on Tuesday in Nanterre, near Paris.
Anger degenerated into riots in France and indignation beyond its borders, especially in Algeria, the country where the family of the young man who died is from.
One of the most serious incidents occurred in a small town in the suburbs of Paris, L’Haÿ les Roseswhere a car crashed early Sunday morning into the mayor’s house and then it caught fire.
The wife and one of her two young children were slightly injured. while the mayor, Vincent Jeanbrun, of the right-wing party Los Republicanos, was in town hall to coordinate the response to the riots.
The mayor denounced a “assassination attempt”.
According to the prosecution, the first indications indicate that “The vehicle was launched with the intent to burn down the house.”
The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, described the attack as “intolerable” and traveled to L’Haÿ les Roses from where she stated that the government “is not going to let any type of violence pass.”
repulse concentration
The Association of Mayors of France (AMF) called a rally on Monday at 12:00 (10:00 GMT) in front of municipalities across the country.
According to the president of the AMS, David Lisnard, since Tuesday “150 city halls or municipal buildings have been attacked.”
The Interior Ministry announced a total of 719 arrests across the country early Sunday, in particular for carrying objects that can be used as weapons or projectiles.
At dawn on Saturday the figure had been 1,300 detainees, the highest since Tuesday.
“Quieter night thanks to the determined action of law enforcement”said Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
Despite this some 45 policemen and gendarmes were injured, 577 vehicles and 74 buildings were set on fire and 871 fires were recorded on public roads, the ministry said on Sunday.
For the second night in a row, andThe minister mobilized 45,000 police and gendarmes, including 7,000 in Paris and in the suburbs of the capital, with significant reinforcements in Marseille (south) and Lyon (central east), the main cities affected the day before by clashes, destruction and looting.
Macron, who on Saturday decided to postpone his state visit to Germany, is experiencing his second major crisis in a few months after the demonstrations against the pension reform.
concern abroad
Violence in France, which will host this year’s Rugby World Cup and in 2024 Olympic Gamesworries abroad.
Several countries advised their citizens not to travel to areas affected by violence.
The UN warned on Friday of the “deep” problems of “racism and racial discrimination” among the French security forces, considerations that the government considered “totally unfounded”.
Violence and anger young people from poor neighborhoods remember the riots that rocked France in 2005after the death of two teenagers pursued by the police.
in marseilleon avenue Canebière, a large number of police officers, with the support of elite units, managed to disperse the groups of young people who had caused chaos the day before, AFP journalists said.
“They came especially to destroy everything, steal and then leaveYoucef Bettahar, a shopkeeper at the Whiting Mall, said.
In Paris, the Police deployed an important device on the Champs-Élysées avenue, where the shop windows were protected with wooden planks.
In an attempt to stem the spiral of violence, many French municipalities have imposed a curfew and banned buses and trams from 9:00 p.m.
The dead teenager was buried on Saturday in Nanterre, near Paris, during a “very quiet” ceremony, a witness told AFP.
He police who shot him, 38, has been in custody since Tuesday, charged with voluntary manslaughter.
