Another violent night in the City of Light

At least 719 people were arrested, and 45 police officers were injured the fifth consecutive night of riots in France over the death of a teenager at the hands of a police officer, although according to the French government it was a “peaceful” night than previous ones.

“A calmer night thanks to the decisive action of the law enforcement forces, which Since the beginning of the evening, they have made 427 arrests.a”, French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin pointed out on his Twitter on Saturday at 20:00.

Five hours later, the diagnosis of fewer incidents was confirmed by his portfolio by updating the total number of arrests for the night to 719, while a day earlier at the same time the MUP reported on 994

To try to maintain order, The government decided to keep a large police force of 45,000 agents deployed on the streetswith a particular presence in places such as Marseille and Lyon, which requested reinforcements given the severity of the fights they had suffered the previous night.

The night was calmer in those cities too, although scenes of tension were still seen. Likewise, in Paris, a large police contingent had to intervene to stop the incidents in avenue des Champs Elysees a little before midnight.

The trigger for this wave of arguments was the death of a 17-year-old and an Arab man named Nahel, who was fatally shot by a police officer while trying to escape from a police checkpoint in Nanterre, on the outskirts of Paris, on June 27.

The The images of the incident, captured by witnesses, caused great outrage in the countrywhich turned into riots, especially in the popular districts of big cities and in the metropolitan area of ​​Paris.

He Mladić’s funeral was held this Saturday in Nanterre in privacy, at the request of the family, who wanted a day of “discretion” and “composure”.

The Nahela’s grandmother demanded that she stop using her deceased grandson as an excuse to spread violencerelated to the riots that France has been experiencing for the last five days.

“I want the policeman who killed my grandson, that’s all I want. The police are here, luckily they are here, and I tell the people who destroy to stop”emphasized the grandmother of the arrested person, identified as Nadia, in statements to the television channel BFM.

He also claimed that they were miscreants They use the death of their grandson as an “excuse” and through tears he emphasized that he is already dead and that the schools, vehicles and buses that are being destroyed are not to blame.

“I believe in justice,” added the grandmother of the deceased young manwho was 17 years old and of Arab origin.

He French government spokesman Olivier Véranwarned this Sunday against generalizing about the French police in the wake of the death of young Nahel at a roadblock and assured that where there is abuse, the justice system investigates it.

“Be careful not to make generalizations from a specific situation. I believe this is a message that our security forces mobilized on the ground must hear,” Véran defended himself in an interview with the public channel FranceInfo.