Published: June 30, 2023 3:07 am
Author: RT
More than 400 people have been detained on the third night of riots, a report says
More than 400 people have been detained in France on the third night of riots sparked by a fatal police shooting, newspaper Le Figaro reported, citing sources in the Interior Ministry.
A total of 421 arrests were made, including 242 in the Paris area, the newspaper said in the early hours of Friday. Most of the detainees are between 14 and 18 years old.
“The record number of arrests reflect the firm orders issued by the minister to prefects and law enforcement agencies,” a source was quoted as saying.
The reports came after additional 5,000 police officers, as well as heavily armed tactical units and armored vehicles, were deployed to quell violent protests and riots, which erupted on Tuesday evening in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris, and have since spread to other cities.
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