The waters are not calm in France: protests have spread everywhere, hundreds of protesters are in custody

Driver Nael M., 17, was shot in the arm and chest and killed when a police officer fired a single shot at a vehicle in Nanterre, a suburb of the capital Paris, on June 27.

After amateur footage of the Nael M. shooting spread on social media and contradicted initial information provided by police to the press, the incident became a hot topic in the country.

The police, who opened fire on the driver, were arrested the same day for “deliberate murder”, which could not prevent the young people from taking to the streets in Nanterre, where Nael M. lived.

Although those who took to the streets of the country were mostly young people between the ages of 14 and 18, some children between the ages of 12 and 14 also participated in the events.

EVENTS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY

On the night of June 27, when the events took place, especially in the province of Hauts-de-Seine, where Nanterre is also located, protesters set fire to vehicles and garbage cans and launched fireworks at the police.

On the second night, the events spread to some suburbs of Paris and several major cities in the country such as Lyon, Toulouse, Lille.

As the violence of the events increased last night, almost all the suburbs of Paris and almost all the regions of the country returned to the place of the fire.

In the first two days, numerous vehicles, schools and police stations were set on fire, including those belonging to the police and those used for public transport; The third night the looting of shops began in cities like Marseille and Paris.

Protests in France have been going on for days.

Activists marched in Nanterre yesterday after the 17-year-old’s mother called for an “uprising” and a demonstration in memory of her son. As the demonstration turned into an area of ​​confrontation between the police and the activists, the tension in the city continued throughout the night.

POLICE APPROVED

The Nanterre Prosecutor’s Office announced that the policeman who killed the young man will remain in pretrial detention for “deliberate homicide”.

While the arrested policeman apologized to the teenager’s family through his lawyer Laurent-Franck Lienard; Despite the fact that the government called on citizens to “shut up” for days, the events continued in the country tonight as well.

In many cities across the country, protesters and police officers came face to face.

LOT OF SHOPS IN PARIS

Shops were looted in many cities including Paris, Marseille, Reims and Tours.

Yesterday, 500 public buildings, 1,900 vehicles were set on fire throughout France and arson broke out in 3,880 points of public space.

The Ile-de-France region has announced a €20 million aid package for municipalities to repair damaged public facilities.

MUNICIPALITIES AND POST OFFICE SAY GOODBYE

In the last 3 days of serious clashes between the police and the protesters, the activists set fire to many police stations and launched fireworks at the police.

Town halls in Clichy-sous-Bois, Lille, Halluin, Mons-en-Barœul, Garges-les-Gonesse, Nogent-sur-Oise, Villeneuve-le-Roi, school buildings in Tourcoing, Evreux, Bezon and in Marseille The library historic was burned down.

Yesterday, tram and bus services were canceled from 9:00 p.m. local time in the Ile-de-France region, where protests are intense, including Paris.

CURRENT BAN ANNOUNCED

As of June 29, curfews were imposed between certain hours of the night in a total of 4 cities, namely Savigny-le-Temple, Compiegne, Neuilly-sur-Marne and Clamart.

After the escalation of the violence of the events of the third night, the RAID special police team landed on the ground, which participated in the fight against terrorism and organized crime in the cities of Bordeaux, Lille, Roubaix and Lyon.
In Nanterre, the city where the young man died, a special BRI police team was deployed and an armored vehicle was also used.

Helicopters attached to the gendarmerie patrolled at least three cities, including Nanterre, Lyon and Nice.

INCREASED THE NUMBER OF POLICE AND GENDAMAR

While the Ministry of the Interior assigned 2,000 police officers and gendarmes to the suburbs of Paris on June 28, yesterday this number increased to 40,000 throughout the country.

While only 31 people were detained on the first night, this number rose to more than 180 on the second day. Yesterday, when the violence increased, 667 people were arrested and 249 policemen and gendarmes were injured.
It is not yet known how many of the protesters were injured. (AA)