French President Emmanuel Macron convened an inter-ministerial crisis cell (CIC) on Thursday morning after another night of rioting over the death of a teenager in a police shooting, the presidency announced.
One hundred and fifty people were arrested in France on Wednesday night in riots following the death of a teenager shot by a police officer, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced.
The minister denounced “unbearable violence against symbols of the Republic” in a tweet and criticized those who did not call for calm.
“Town halls, schools and police stations” were “set on fire or attacked,” the minister wrote on his Twitter account.
A night of unbearable violence against the symbols of the Republic: maids, schools and commissariats incendiés or attaqués. 150 interviews. Soutien aux policemen, gendarmes and sapeurs-pompiers who have courage. Honte à ceux qui n’ont pas appèl au calme.
— Gerald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) June 29, 2023
“Shame on those who did not cry for calm,” Darmanin added.
A bus has also been set on fire in Grigny, according to a source.
Similarly, a fire was registered in a school in Tourcoing and in a school in Halluin (north).
A school in Evreux was also the target of a “fire start” according to the source.
BREAKING: Ongoing riots in Nanterre, France, over police killing of teens. pic.twitter.com/MdsBfJvDxq
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) June 29, 2023
In Rouen, fire broke out in a local police station, details ep. Elbeuf police station was “attacked” and damaged, and mortars were fired at Trappes police station, the source said.
BREAKING: Attempt to free people trapped in a demand center in Fresnes, France, amid rioting over the murder of a teenager by police. pic.twitter.com/Lh55mYn70y
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) June 29, 2023
Source: Eluniverso

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