2023-07-11 18:34:25
After Mons-en-Barœul, in the North, the city of Roubaix decided to cancel the fireworks scheduled for July 13 for the National Day, due to the riots which affected the town after the death of Nahel, a the mayor of Roubaix, Guillaume Delbar, told AFP on Tuesday: “It’s a simple choice, telling himself that there had already been enough fireworks and fireworks in the last few days, and that it was not no need to add more, said Mayor DVD. It’s a way to provide a more restful evening for everyone. »
Between vehicle fires and the firing of fireworks, Roubaix was, outside Ile-de-France, one of the cities most affected by the nocturnal violence following the death of Nahel, killed by the shooting of a policeman in Nanterre on June 27 during a roadside check. An office building where 600 people worked was completely destroyed by fire.
“The trauma is too fresh”
Before Roubaix, the city of Mons-en-Barœul, also in the Lille conurbation, whose town hall was burned down during the riots, had already announced the cancellation of its fireworks display, also scheduled for July 13. “This city and the inhabitants have experienced a trauma that has not quite passed. As soon as you hear a firecracker, there are a lot of worries on the part of the inhabitants, the trauma is too fresh, ”explained the mayor (DVG) Rudy Elegeest.
A decree from the Nord prefecture, running until July 15, prohibits “the use, possession on the public highway as well as the sale and purchase of fireworks”. Checks have been tightened on cross-border routes with Belgium to avoid restocking, she also said.
Several hundred pyrotechnic devices were also seized last week from a 56-year-old resident of Roubaix, who will appear in September before the criminal court, the Lille prosecutor’s office told AFP. These machines, which came from Poland, were seized during a customs check, said a source familiar with the matter.
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