The car attack on the home of the mayor of a Paris suburb sparked outrage in France, where Sunday night was comparatively calmer after five consecutive nights of riots sparked by the death of a 17-year-old by a policeman’s bullet.
Until 01:30 [σ.σ. τοπική ώρα· 02:30 ώρα Ελλάδας], law enforcement had made 78 arrests across French territory, according to Interior Ministry figures, without any major incidents being reported. 20 persons were brought to Paris and its suburbs by 01:00 [02:00 ώρα Ελλάδας]according to the prefectural police department.
The shock caused by the attack on the mayor of L’Ail-Le-Rose, a community of 30,000 inhabitants, a southern suburb of Paris, put in the background the de-escalation of violent incidents already noted on the night of Saturday to Sunday in several French cities.
After this, against the background of the resurgence of attacks against elected officials, the population was called to gather today at noon in front of all the town halls of France.
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to welcome today the presidents of the two houses of the French parliament, then, tomorrow Tuesday, the mayors of 220 municipalities and communities where violent incidents broke out. He also asked Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne to meet with the chairmen of the Parliamentary Groups today.
The head of state wants to “launch a detailed and longer-term project to better understand the causes that led to the events” of the last few days in France, according to the Elysée.
In five nights of unrest, until Sunday morning, the interior ministry counted about 5,000 burnt cars, almost 1,000 public buildings set on fire or damaged, 250 attacks on police or gendarmerie units, more than 700 injured in the ranks of the enforcement forces. law…
“Trust in Justice”
After violence broke out across much of the country, are calls for calm to be restored? Yesterday afternoon, the grandmother of the teenager who was killed last Tuesday in Nanterre, a western suburb of the French capital, during a traffic control because he “refused to obey”, addressed a message to those taking part in the riots.
Nadia asked them “not to break shop windows, not to destroy schools and buses”, via BFMTV, according to international agencies and the Athens News Agency.
“Exhausted”, “devastated”, the perpetrator of the fatal shooting asked to pay for his act “like everyone else”, assuring that he has “confidence in justice”.
A few hours earlier, French politicians were expressing fear that “the limit” had been crossed with the attack on the mayor of L’Ai-Le-Rose yesterday Sunday around 01:30 [02:30]when a car loaded with incendiary material entered his house, while he was in the municipality.
French justice is investigating “attempted murder”.
Fleeing with the couple’s two young children, Mayor Vincent Jeanbrand’s wife, Melanie Novak, a county councilor and municipal partner, suffered a fractured tibia and was hospitalized where she underwent surgery yesterday.
“There is no doubt that they wanted to burn the house” and when “they realized that someone was inside, instead of stopping, on the contrary, they set off a barrage of fireworks, which was completely crazy,” Vincent Jeanbrand told French television.
“I would never have imagined that they would threaten to kill my family,” he said with indignation, calling for a reaction from the democratic world.
Strong forces on foot
For the third night in a row, the mobilization of huge forces continued, some 45,000 gendarmes and police with armored support, across France.
At some points of tension, notably in Lyon, where police used tear gas, far-right groups took to the streets apparently intending to clash with rioters.
After the release of amateur video that proved the original version of events given by French police had nothing to do with reality, the near-miss bullet death of a motorcyclist of Nael, 17, in Nanterre, has caused shock as the top of the state, set the country on fire and had an impact far beyond France’s borders.
Several European governments, including Britain’s, have updated their travel guidelines, advising their citizens not to go to areas where there is a risk of riots. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also said yesterday Sunday that he was “concerned” about the events in France.
The spate of violent incidents and the anger of thousands of young slum dwellers over police brutality brought back memories of the 2005 riots, after the deaths of two teenagers during a police chase. Within three weeks, 10,000 vehicles had been destroyed, over 200 public buildings had been set on fire, and some 5,200 people had been arrested.
Source: News Beast
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