A wave of riots has been sweeping France for five days after police fatally shot a 17-year-old Algerian boy. It happened during a road intervention – according to the police, the boy wanted to run away and could have hit other vehicles. Some public opinion, however, believes that the use of weapons in this situation was not justified.
PiS spokesman repeats fake news, the Ministry of the Interior of France denies
The spokesman for Law and Justice referred to the French protests by posting an anti-immigrant entry on social media. “The Ministry of the Interior of France restricts access to the Internet for citizens at night from July 3 … and all this because of riots, brawls caused by illegal migrants,” wrote Rafał Bochenek, and then added: “France is on fire and today suffers the consequences of a mistaken open door policy.
However, it seems that the PiS spokesman repeated false information about the restriction of access to the network. The French Interior Ministry announced on Sunday morning that this was fake news. “The press release from the police regarding the temporary restriction of internet access in some districts is false. No decision has been made on this matter” – we read in the statement of the Ministry of the Interior.
Riots in France after the death of 17-year-old Nahel
719 people have been detained during another night of riots in France, the interior ministry said. French authorities claim that the scale of the riots was smaller than in previous days. However, numerous acts of violence, arson and looting again took place in many cities. The head of the ministry, Gérald Darmanin, tweeted that the night was “quieter” thanks to the decisive actions of the services.
In Paris, street fighting broke out near the Champs Elysées. The police repeatedly repelled gangs of hooligans who set fire to cars and set up barricades in the city center. Violence also took place on the outskirts of Paris. However, the country was shaken by an attack on the house of the centre-right mayor of the Parisian town of L’Hay-les-Roses, Vincent Jeanbrun. At night, vandals rammed the gate of his property with a car, set the vehicle on fire, and then fired fireworks at the mayor’s wife and two children, who were fleeing from the house, and were hospitalized with minor injuries. “Another line of horror and meanness has been crossed,” the politician wrote in a statement. An attempted murder investigation has been launched. Solidarity with the mayor was expressed by members of the government and politicians from various parties.
There were also serious clashes with the police in Marseille. Rioters tried to vandalize shop windows and attack shopping malls. Special forces of the police and gendarmerie intervened. At least two officers were injured. Riots affected many other cities, including Rennes, Brest and Nice.
According to the current balance of the French Interior Ministry, last night 577 cars burned, 74 buildings were set on fire, and firefighters extinguished more than 800 fires. That’s less than last night. The rioters attacked 26 police and gendarmerie buildings. 45 policemen and gendarmes were injured in the night clashes. 45,000 officers were mobilized on Sunday to quell the riots.
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Source: Gazeta
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