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Violent Night of Urban Violence in France: 420 Arrests and Attacks on Police Stations – Latest Updates

By The Parisian

June 29, 2023 at 4:52 a.m., modified on June 30, 2023 at 4:55 a.m.

03:33

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Thank you for following this live dedicated to this new day and night of violence in France, after the death of a teenager fatally shot during a police check in Nanterre on Tuesday. Find all the information for this Friday morning in our new live here.

03:32

420 arrests

The entourage of Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin indicates that 420 people were arrested at 3:30 a.m.

02:36

Darmanin at the national police command center.

The Minister of the Interior is the command center of the national police

He follows the situation closely and gives instructions for firmness with regard to the perpetrators of violence.

Ministry of Interior

02:34

328 people arrested in France

The entourage of Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin indicates that 328 people were arrested at 2:30 a.m.

02:13

Third night of urban violence in France

The night from Thursday to Friday was once again marked by numerous scenes of violence. Many businesses were damaged, ransacked and looted all over France. The fires of cars and garbage cans have multiplied, no region has been spared, despite the large number of police forces mobilized (40,000). Ile-de-France was particularly affected, with many police stations, town halls and public buildings attacked there too.

01:45

In Nanterre, the police are overwhelmed

In Nanterre, the situation is totally out of control and degenerated since the police left the field, the heart of the city Pablo Picasso, observes our reporter on the spot.

01:41

A heavy truck burned in Goussainville, a construction machine recovered in Sarcelles

In Goussainville the gangs got their hands on a truck that ended up on fire, in Sarcelles it was on a construction machine that the young people wandered around. Shops burned in Saint-Gratien (Raguenets district). Numerous fires in Argenteuil and Bezons.

01:36

Attempted fire at the town hall of Clichy-sous-Bois

In Clichy-sous-Bois, rioters broke the glass door of the town hall, then one of them threw an incendiary device in the direction of the entrance. Without it causing “more damage than that”, according to a local source. Stores in the Chêne Pointu shopping center were also damaged.

01:28

Face to face tense in Nanterre, the police retreat

The game of cat and mouse continues between, on the one hand, more than 300 young people who fire fireworks and throw cobblestones at the police, and on the other, columns of policemen who struggling to take back the streets, before retreating and giving way again in the face of the number and the attacks coming from every corner. When the police backed up to return to the main artery, rue Clemenceau, located on the edge of the city, the young people shouted with joy. They ransack everything in the main street. And have just attacked an LCL bank on rue Clemenceau. They break all the windows. The inhabitants of the neighborhoods outside the city are in incomprehension. “Why did the police leave, they did not manage the situation at all”, regrets a resident.

01:22

Looting rue de Rivoli in Paris

Several stores saw their windows ransacked in Paris, in particular rue de Rivoli where dozens of people tried to loot several shops (especially clothing). Not far from Pernety station (14th century), Jules struggles to sleep. “I hear lots of explosion noises and broken glass. It had calmed down but it resumed. “In the 10th arrondissement, rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, bar customers saw dozens of people attacking a tobacco bar. “They broke everything, overturned the trash cans, swung the tables and stole cigarettes in front of a helpless manager,” laments a bar customer who was impressed by the scene.

Shortly before one o’clock in the morning, a tobacco bar on rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis (Xe) saw dozens of people attacking the trade and stealing numerous packets of cigarettes. LP/Elie Julien

01:07

Vandalized shops in Beauvais

In the Argentine district in Beauvais (Oise), around sixty individuals vandalized several businesses in the Champs Dolent shopping center, including a post office, a café, a hairdresser and the municipal police branch.

It’s really worse than last night. In Nogent-sur-Oise, Mayor Jean-François Dardenne notes a real outbreak of violence and degradation, mainly concentrated in the town center of the town. The hall of the town hall – where the beginning of the fire was brought under control – was ransacked. Same thing in the media library which was vandalized. According to the elected official, a business in the Place des Trois Rois was set on fire. “There, they are attacking the post office, indicates Jean-François Dardenne. They are very mobile and organized”

01:03

Violence is increasing in Seine-Saint-Denis

Since midnight, the tension has risen a notch in Seine-Saint-Denis, where several towns are the scene of mortar fire and burned barricades. This is the case in Aubervilliers, Bondy, Drancy, Épinay-sur-Seine, Montreuil, Saint-Denis, Sevran. “And it’s spreading like wildfire,” notes an observer from the department.

00:55

A fire station attacked in Seine-et-Marne

In Seine-et-Marne, the Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry fire station was attacked. There are no injuries.

The Nemours police station was also targeted while the Combs-la-Ville municipal police station was the target of damage. In Provins, the Aldi store was set on fire and the Carrefour store in Mée-sur-Seine was looted. In Savigny-le-Temple, Chelles and Meaux, the situation is tense, with mortar fire. Three arrests were able to take place, according to information from the Parisian.

00:52

The situation is igniting in Île-de-France

In Essonne, many urban fires and mortar jets as well as two police stations were attacked in Ulis and Evry. A petrol station was stormed in Ris-Orangis. The municipal police station of Saint-Michel-sur-Orge and that of the national police of Chilly-Mazarin were also targeted. In the Val-de-Marne, hooded people attacked the court armed with incendiary devices and mortars. They were between 100 and 200 individuals. The municipal police of Bonneuil-sur-Marne were attacked and set on fire. The Alfortville police station was attacked and four suspects were arrested.

00:43

A vehicle rushes into a supermarket in Nantes

According to several testimonies, a Lidl store would have been the victim of an attack in Nantes, around midnight, with a vehicle which would have driven into the metal curtain. He would then have been affected by looting.

00:40

Val-d’Oise also concerned

In the Val-d’Oise too, urban violence is on the increase. Burned vehicles, rallies and mortar fire are beginning to increase in Pontoise, in the Louvrais district, as well as in Cergy in the Saint-Christophe district, but also in Goussainville and Sarcelles.

00:35

Very tense situation in the Val-de-Marne

According to Charles Aslangul, the mayor of Bry-sur-Marne, the premises of the municipal police are attacked with mortars. Molotov cocktails would be used. “Fires have broken out and rampages”, take place according to the mayor. The Alfortville police station was also attacked with Molotov cocktails by around thirty people, according to a police source.

00:25

Impressive images of the BRI advancing in Nanterre

00:22

Paris firefighters call not to overload the lines

00:17

Arrests at the Halles in Paris

Around 100 hooded individuals attacked stores in the Les Halles district. Damage was committed on the Nike sign, at the Forum des Halles. The anti-crime brigade intervened and nine suspects were arrested, according to our information.

00:15

Police stations attacked in Seine-Saint-Denis

Several cities are in the grip of attacks against the police in Seine-Saint-Denis. In Noisy-le-Grand, clashes between hostile groups and the police took place in the Pavé Neuf district. The Saint-Denis police station was attacked, as was that of Stains. Fires were lit in Rosny-sous-Bois.

00:11

More than 100 arrests announces Gérald Darmanin

“Systematic intervention instructions have been given to the police. Already more than 100 arrests. Support for our police officers, gendarmes and firefighters who are doing courageous work,” announced the Minister of the Interior.

00:04

Scenes of looting in Paris

While numerous messages on social networks had called for the looting of stores in the center of Paris, images showing dozens of individuals attacking the Nike store in Les Halles were released shortly before midnight. The police are on the scene. The demonstrators shout “justice for Nahel”.

23:51

40 arrests at 11 p.m. announces the Paris police headquarters

While violent clashes broke out again after 11 p.m. in Nanterre, with the mobilization of the BRI, the police headquarters announced that they had carried out 21 arrests at the start of the night. We must add 19 other arrests on the sidelines of the white march organized this Thursday afternoon. According to reporters from Le Parisien, present on the spot, 200 people are facing the police and have set fire to barricades. The police progress in the neighborhood, with units specializing in urban violence.

23:37

A ransacked McDonald’s restaurant in Orly

On images that Le Parisien was able to obtain, we can see that several people ransacked the McDonald’s in Orly (Val-de-Marne). Tensions erupt in the Saules district where around 80 people throw molotov cocktails at the police.

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