Paris (EFE).- At least 667 people have been arrested last night in France, the third consecutive riot after the death of a young man in Nanterre by a shot by the police when he tried to flee from a checkpoint.
On this third night of violent demonstrations, almost 300 police officers and gendarmes have been injured, and 875 arrests have been made. There are 492 public buildings affected and 2,000 vehicles on fire.
As the Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin, wrote early in the morning on Twitter, the security forces and firefighters had to “face unusual violence.”
According to the Department of the Interior, many of the detainees are between 14 and 18 years old and 249 police officers and gendarmes were injured in the riots, although none seriously.