The fifth night of protests against the police in France is 719 prisoners

At least 719 people have been arrested so far overnight across France fifth consecutive night of protests and unrest following the death of a 17-year-old teenager by policeNahel M., on Tuesday in Nanterre, reported the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, who also reported 45 injured policemen and gendarmes from midnight from Saturday to Sunday. Despite this fact, Darmanin described this evening on his Twitter as “more peaceful thanks to the determined action of the police”, compared to the previous four.

Of the arrests, at least 56 were in Marseille, 21 in Lyon and 194 in Paris, the French capital, where the greatest tensions are being experienced. Champs-Élyséeswhich the police had to close down to avoid fights, according to the newspaper le figaro collected by Europa Press.

The prefecture of Marseille reported that among those arrested were three people who were surprised when they robbed a tobacconist in the Cours Julien district, reports BFMTV. In addition, groups formed near the commercial centers of Marseille such as Grand Littoral, Bonneveine and Le Merlan. In the latter, about a hundred people would gather in the parking lot.

In any case, the Bouches-du-Rhône police headquarters emphasized this “the situation is under control” in Marseille and that “potentially violent groups were systematically dispersed by the police and gendarmes”. The arrest of 14 people was previously reported on Saturday afternoon during an attempted attack in La Canebière street, one of the most important in Marseille.

Meanwhile, in Paris, it was reported that at least 37 people were taken into preventive custody near the Champs-Élysées for carrying weapons, according to police headquarters, which reported 375 checkpoints set up at places such as slingshots with ball bearings, boxers or Molotov cocktails.

The mayor of the city L’Hay-les-Roses reported on his Twitter that his home was attacked with a burning car. His wife and two young children were in the house as the mayor managed the crisis of the protests at City Hall. When the family tried to escape the attack out the back door, they were hit by fireworks. The woman was hospitalized with minor injuries.

Riots broke out in Nice and 20 people have already been arrested. Mayor Christian Estrosi reported on his Twitter that “a gang of young people robbed a store in the city center”, but the police had already arrested them, and the mayor warned their parents: “You will pay for the damage and the theft.”

Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin announced earlier this evening that this Saturday mobilization of 45,000 policemen and the gendarmes to stop the riots. The police headquarters of Bouches-du-Rhône announced the deployment of the GIGN in Marseilles and will have two armored gendarmerie vehicles. Darmanin confirmed the deployment of five units of mobile forces in the city of Marseille “to fully restore public order”.