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Five days after the death of her grandson, Nahel’s grandmother spoke on Sunday July 2 on BFMTV, by telephone, to call for an end to the violence. “People who are breaking, I tell them ‘Stop’! Let them not break windows, buses, schools. We want to calm things down”she said, believing that some rioters “took Nahel as a pretext”. “The police, fortunately they are there”, she added, assuring “don’t want it” what to “he who killed [son] grandson”. The tensions triggered by the death of the teenager, killed by a policeman on Tuesday in Nanterre during a traffic check, were a little less important on the night of Saturday to Sunday, according to Gérald Darmanin.
Nearly 3,000 police custody since the start of the violence. There have been 3,000 people in custody, including those who are still in custody, since the start of the riots, franceinfo learned from a judicial source on Sunday July 2. A total of 570 individuals were referred, and 260 sent for immediate appearance, according to the same source.
The order maintenance device is maintained for the night from Sunday to Monday. Gérald Darmanin announced on Sunday the renewal of the law enforcement system, with, for the third consecutive night, 45,000 police and gendarmes mobilized to deal with the urban violence which has shaken the country since the death of Nahel. The Minister of the Interior gave “firmness instructions” and asked “as before, that arrests be carried out, as soon as possible”said his entourage to franceinfo.
Emmanuel Macron brought together several ministers on Sunday evening. The Head of State gave a “situation update” on urban violence, from around 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. It gathered Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and Keeper of the Seals Eric Dupond-Moretti, among others, at the Elysée.
Ie home of a mayor targeted by a car-ramming attack. A car-ram was launched at the house of the mayor Les Républicains de L’Haÿ-les-Roses, Vincent Jeanbrun, on the night of Saturday to Sunday. The Créteil prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into attempted murder. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne went there early Sunday afternoon to support the city councilor. “I want to tell all the elected officials who are in disarray, with outbreaks of violence against them, that we will not let anything happen”she told reporters. “We will ensure that there is the strongest possible response from justice”she added.