Clashes punctuated the evening and part of the night from Tuesday June 27 to Wednesday June 28 in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), after a 17-year-old motorist was killed by police fire due to a refusal to comply. His death, which occurred Tuesday morning near the Nanterre-Préfecture RER station, reignited the controversy over the response of the police in these situations and aroused great emotion in the city where the young man lived. Twenty-four people were arrested after these tensions, learned franceinfo from the Paris police headquarters. Follow our live.
A police officer taken into custody. The official suspected of having killed the young man was placed in police custody for “intentional homicide”, as part of an investigation entrusted to the general inspectorate of the police (IGPN). A second investigation was opened, for “refusal to comply” and “attempted intentional homicide on a person holding public authority”. She was entrusted to the Nanterre police station and the Hauts-de-Seine territorial security.
Cars and a music school burnt down in Nanterre. Fireworks were fired near the prefecture overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. A fire broke out in a music school and fires were lit along the RER A rails between Nanterre and Rueil-Malmaison, several cars were set on fire, as well as garbage cans, and bus shelters were destroyed. Security forces used tear gas to disperse small groups of rioters.
Incidents in other cities of Ile-de-France. According to the police headquarters, “very sporadic incidents” have had in Asnières, Colombes, Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine), Clichy-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) and Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines). In the latter town, the annex town hall of the Val Fourré district was burned down, learned franceinfo from a police source.