2023-07-01 21:41:00
After four nights of chaos in many French cities, Gérald Darmanin renewed the same system as the day before, i.e. 45,000 gendarmes and police.
By NJ with AFP In Marseille, seven people were arrested early Saturday evening. © CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP Published on 07/01/2023 at 9:41 p.m.
The government renewed, for the evening of Saturday July 1, its security device in anticipation of a fifth consecutive night of urban revolts after the death, Tuesday, of Nahel, 17, killed by a police officer and buried far from the cameras in his town of Nanterre.
During the day, Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, announced that the 45,000 police and gendarmes already mobilized last night would be on the bridge again on Saturday evening, including 7,000 in Paris and the inner suburbs. Part of these staff was moved to Marseille and Lyon, the main cities affected on Friday evening.
Seven arrests in Marseille
At the start of the evening, small groups of young people were already gathered on the Canebière, in Marseille, and were quickly dispersed, noted AFP journalists. At 8 p.m., the situation was generally under control in Marseille, where a police source reported seven arrests for theft in a shopping center in the north of the city.
READ ALSONanterre: Nahel was buried this SaturdayIn the Paris region, the Créteil-Soleil shopping center (Val-de-Marne) was closed earlier, at 4 p.m., as a preventive measure, due to messages on social networks.
As with previous evenings, many municipalities have instituted a curfew and public transport networks have been closed earlier than expected, in particular that of Ile-de-France buses and trams from 9 p.m.
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