While the curfew continues in 10 cities of France as of 21:00, the protesters continue to turn the streets into fires. Police intervene with batons and tear gas. In a video shared on social media, it was seen that the person who was hit by the police lost consciousness and fell to the ground. A big fire broke out in the capital Paris due to arson. L’Hay-les-Rose Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun, on the other hand, lashed out while announcing the horror they experienced as a family on his social media account.
THEY ENTERED THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WITH A BURNING VEHICLE
While the events that started with the death of a teenager by a police bullet intensified in France, the house of L’Hay-les-Rose Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun was targeted with a burning vehicle.
Mayor Jeanbrun, in a statement on Twitter, stated that his house was entered by a vehicle that caught fire and said, “My wife and children are in shock and they are injured. Murderers.” used the phrase.
VIOLENT CONFLICT BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTERS
On the other hand, protests continue violently in the city of Marseille as well as the capital city of Paris.
In the country where looting is frequent, some demonstrators, to whom the police intervened harshly, were seriously injured.
In the images on social media, it is seen that a person who was hit by the police lost consciousness and fell to the ground.
In addition to the Champs-Elysé Street, protests have been going on for hours in some of its districts.
While the police intervened with batons and tear gas, the protesters responded to the law enforcement officers with fireworks, set fire to barricades and tried to keep the police away from the area.
CASE OF ARADING
In addition, images of a large fire in Paris by arson were reflected.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced on his Twitter post that 427 people were detained throughout the country in the protests that started since the evening.
PRIME MINISTER BORNE GOES TO THE CRISIS CENTER
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne moved to the crisis center established in Paris due to the events.
Borne, in a statement on his Twitter account, stated that as of the evening, 45,000 police and gendarmerie and thousands of firefighters were deployed to restore order.
Sharing the images that he came to the crisis center established within the Ministry of Interior in the capital Paris, Borne stated that he came to the crisis center to show his and his government’s support to the law enforcement officers in the field.
DETENTIONS INCREASED
On the other hand, French television channel BFMTV reported that 322 people were detained across the country, 126 of them in Paris and 65 in Marseille.
In the city of Marseille, 2 policemen were injured by the fireworks fired by the protesters.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The French police opened fire on a car with 3 people in Nanterre on 27 June, killing 17-year-old Nael M.
Those who reacted to Nael’s death took to the streets in different cities across the country and clashed with the police.
The police officer who killed the young man was suspended and sentenced to trial as a prisoner.
In addition, pillaging and looting occurred during the protests held in many cities including Paris, Marseille and Lyon, and curfews were declared in 10 cities as of 21:00.
(AA)