Orange with 6Medias, published on Thursday June 29, 2023 at 10:34 p.m.
At the end of the white march organized in memory of the young Nahel, who died during a traffic check, scenes of violence appeared in Nanterre and Marseille on the evening of this Thursday, June 29. The authorities fear a generalization of the violence.
Tensions and violence appeared at the end of the afternoon in Nanterre and in several cities in France, on the sidelines of the white march organized in tribute to Nahel this Thursday, June 29.
Two days after the death of this 17-year-old teenager during a traffic check, riots punctuated cities such as Toulouse and Lille. This Thursday evening, a resurgence of violence is noted in Nanterre and in the Old Port of Marseille in particular.
While tensions appeared in the late afternoon and early evening in Nanterre, after the white march for Nahel, several fire starts were observed. In this city of Hauts-de-Seine, around 9 p.m., a Crédit Mutuel branch was set on fire, the fire spreading and threatening the apartment building which was above. The building, located opposite the Nanterre-Préfecture RER esplanade, was inhabited at the time of the incident. As reported The Parisian, young people would have climbed the facade in order to warn the family who was on the 1st floor and thus allow their evacuation in time. Firefighters finally managed to extinguish the flames and no injuries were reported. The fire was allegedly caused by two women, one of whom was arrested according to the daily.
The Raid deployed in Lille
In Marseille, the Old Port was also the scene of clashes on Thursday evening. Until then remained calm, the Marseille city saw the first tensions appear during the demonstration against police violence and in tribute to Nahel, which took place this Thursday afternoon, as reported Provence. The demonstrators then arrived at the Old Port where the police fired tear gas grenades, “under the dumbfounded gaze of tourists”, notes the regional newspaper.
In Lille, around 10 p.m., six people were arrested by the Raid. The elite police unit was deployed around 7 p.m., alongside CRS and the canine brigade. The voice of the North evokes “muscular arrests”. After a rise in tensions between the police and the demonstrators, calm seems to be returning to the city. Near Lyon, in Vaulx-en-Velin, clashes also broke out with numerous detonations of mortars and fireworks.
The city of Toulouse, already struggling with great tension since Wednesday evening, is seeing new violence. Around 10:30 p.m., the Mirail police station was targeted by fireworks mortar fire. A little earlier, two big explosions had been heard and several mortars and tear gas canisters were exchanged between the rioters and the police, specifies The world.
According to an intelligence note, consulted in particular by TF1info, the authorities fear “a generalization” of violence after the last two nights under tension. The “next nights […] will be the scene of urban violence with a tendency to generalize” with “actions targeted at the police and symbols of the State or public power”.
2023-06-30 00:25:57
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