2023-07-02 06:21:35
Mobile gendarmerie trucks in front of the prefecture, in Nanterre, on the night of July 1 to 2, 2023. BENJAMIN GIRETTE FOR “THE WORLD”
Is this the sign of a beginning of weariness? The consequence of the reinforced police system, with the commitment of intervention units and armored vehicles? From the appeal to the responsibility of the parents of rioters launched by the government? Prison sentences pronounced in recent days in immediate appearance? The effect of increased control of social networks? A temporary calm before the return of the storm? It is probably too early to analyze all the reasons for the first night of calm experienced by the country, between Saturday July 1 and Sunday July 2, after the fever of the previous four.
A few incidents have erupted, particularly in Marseille, but also to a lesser extent in Strasbourg or Nice, without comparison, however, with the surge of violence and looting which has set many cities ablaze since the death on Tuesday of Nahel M., the 17-year-old boy killed by a police officer after refusing to comply. Notably, the situation was particularly calm in Ile-de-France, and remained under control in Paris, where several dozen young people had nevertheless met on the Champs-Elysées.
Like the previous night, 45,000 police and gendarmes had been mobilized on the territory, including 7,000 in Paris and the inner suburbs, with reinforced staff in Marseille and Lyon, two cities which had been particularly affected by the rise in tensions last night. day before. Many municipalities had banned demonstrations, introduced a curfew for minors and stopped the circulation of buses and trams in the evening.
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At 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, the Ministry of the Interior had not identified any major incidents and reported 486 arrests throughout the country, in particular for carrying objects likely to be used as weapons or projectiles. , far from the 1,300 arrests of the previous night. “Quieter night thanks to the resolute action of the police”welcomed the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, on his Twitter account.
Tensions in Marseille
It was in Marseille that the situation was the most tense, without reaching the level of violence of the day before. In the city, which benefited from a massive reinforcement of CRS, armored vehicles and two helicopters from the gendarmerie had been engaged in support of the RAID and the GIGN.
Police reinforcements were deployed in Marseille on July 1, 2023. CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP
The La Plaine district, a few hundred meters from La Canebière, seemed to be experiencing a classic Saturday evening between aperitifs on the terraces and concerts when the temperature suddenly rose. Trash fires, tear gas fire: in a few minutes, the terraces were emptied while the firefighters intervened to put out the fires.
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