Police arrested 341 people, nationwide riots in France enter city on the 4th day | France | Police
French Interior Minister Dalmanin announced in the early morning of July 1 that despite the deployment of 45000 police and gendarmes across the country the night before, serious riots broke out in many French cities at night. As of the early morning of the 1st, the police had arrested 341 people across the country and provided reinforcements to Marseille, the southeastern city with the worst riots.
France has entered the fourth day of national riots as the police shooting of a teenager continues to ferment. Dalmanin announced earlier on June 30 that a large number of police forces would be deployed throughout the country to combat riots and violence, especially the deployment of additional special police and special forces. French media reported that France dispatched more than 20 gendarmerie helicopters across the country that night to participate in maintaining law and order.
However, on the evening of the 30th, violent attacks, robberies and arson continued to erupt in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, and Nantaire, where the police shot and killed the teenager. The situation in Marseille, the second largest city, was the most serious. There were many violent clashes between demonstrators and police and looting of shops. There were also unexplained explosions in the old port of Marseille.
The Paris Police Department issued a decree on the evening of the 30th, prohibiting the organization of unauthorized gatherings around the Place de la Concorde, the Champs Elysees, and the National Assembly from 7 o'clock that night to 5 o'clock the next morning.
The public transport department in Geneva, Switzerland, also announced on the 30th that due to riots in France, the French side decided to suspend the operation of cross-border buses and trams between France and Switzerland from 07:30 on the evening of the 30th.
On June 27, a 17-year-old driver was killed when a police officer stopped a car in Nanterre, Haute Seine, France. This incident caused a strong reaction from all walks of life in France. 28 evening, a number of cities in France, varying degrees of riots. French President Macron pointed out at a meeting on responding to the crisis of national riots in Paris on the 30th that he firmly opposes violence and that the current situation of the country is "unacceptable." He announced that he will take all measures to maintain national order.
