Riots in Paris: Seizure of Nearly 900 Kilos of Firework Mortars and Devastation Unleashed by Protesters

2023-07-05 20:35:41

The rioters use them as weapons. Nearly 900 kilos of firework mortars have been seized in the past 24 hours, announced Tuesday July 4 and Wednesday July 5, the Paris police headquarters. It was first 400 kilos that were recovered in a northern district of Paris, during the check of a van at Porte de Clignancourt, which gave rise to three arrests. A stock of “492 kilos of undeclared pyrotechnic devices” was then confiscated from a fireworks store in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis), added the police headquarters on Wednesday. Follow our live.

About 2,500 “burnt or degraded buildings”, according to Darmanin. The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, was heard by the Senate Law Commission on Wednesday following the riots caused by the death of Nahel in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine). He reported 2,508 buildings “burned or damaged” during the riots, “including 273 buildings that belong to the police”. The Ministry of the Interior has also identified “105 town halls burned or degraded”, et “168 schools were attacked.” A total of 12,031 vehicles were set on fire, and 17 “attacks on elected officials have been identified”, clarified Gérald Darmanin.

Thousands of illegal content removed from social networks. The platforms have “very quickly removed thousands of illegal content and suspended hundreds of accounts” at the request of the state during the riots, said the ministry delegated to Digital. Collaboration with the platforms has “went very well”welcomed the ministry, emphasizing the speed of withdrawal decisions relating to calls for violence or the disclosure of personal data of police officers.

A call for “citizen marches” on Saturday. Some 90 organizations classified on the left, including LFI, EELV, the CGT, Amnesty International France or Solidaires, are calling for “citizen marches” Saturday in France, to express “mourning and anger” following the riots sparked by Nahel’s death. The objective is to denounce the policies deemed “discriminatory” once morest popular neighborhoods. These organizations demand that the “government takes its responsibilities and provides immediate responses to get out of the confrontation”according to a statement sent by Solidaires.

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