More than 1,300 people were arrested in a fourth night of violence in France after the police shooting of a 17-year-old boy.
Forty-five thousand police officers, including special forces, were deployed to respond to rioting across the country on Friday night, with the situation in two big cities – Marseille and Lyon – highlighted as particularly chaotic, with buildings and vehicles torched and stores looted.
The ministry of the interior reported that 1,311 people were arrested overnight, while 79 police officers and gendarmes were injured and 2,500 fires were recorded.
Very vibrant.
💥 French locals being targeted and attacked again tonight by migrant mobs, this time in Bordeaux.💥
France is out of control. Isn't multiculturalism wonderful 🙄
Macron is blaming "social media" and "alcohol" and the UN is blaming the police pic.twitter.com/vSq74shJ3W
— Frantruth (@frantruth) June 30, 2023
White supremacists again …
It is truly horrifying to witness the Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deportation in Nanterre being vandalized.
This shameful act of disrespect for the memory of the victims of the Holocaust must be unequivocally condemned and those responsible held accountable. pic.twitter.com/B0HT3L9TiF
— European Jewish Congress (@eurojewcong) June 29, 2023
These unsettling scenes are in Lyon, showing a running theme of fireworks in these riots. They have been used to push back police, destroy property, prevent firemen from putting out fires, and also randomly aimed at innocent bystanders to frighten them. #FranceRiots pic.twitter.com/hTJFxBqvVH
— verity ♀ (@verityveratee) July 1, 2023
More video at Fdesouche – 4th night of post Nahel riots (night of Friday June 30 to Saturday July 1)
