According to the non-exhaustive census carried out by franceinfo, at least a hundred municipalities in France have been affected.
After the tragedy that occurred Tuesday in Nanterre, urban violence has spread to all of France. It only took a few nights for these riots, which occurred in response to the death of Nahel, killed on Tuesday by a policeman during a traffic check, to spread to cities in all regions, in France and in overseas.
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Lille, Strasbourg, Marseille, Brest… On the night of Thursday June 29 to Friday June 30, dozens of cities were affected by incidents. Based on the census carried out by regional press journalists and videos widely shared on social networks, franceinfo has drawn up a non-exhaustive list of around a hundred affected municipalities.
In several cities, rioters attacked public buildings, including police stations. Franceinfo counted at least ten of them, as in Limoges, Reims or Avignon. Schools were also targeted, such as in Mâcon, Fontaine near Grenoble, or Petit-Quevilly near Rouen.
In most cases, the riots have resulted in fires, the setting off of homemade fireworks, and clashes with law enforcement. Friday, at midday, the police had carried out 875 arrests, including more than 400 in Ile-de-France, after Gérald Darmanin. A total of 249 police and gendarmes were slightly injured, according to the Interior Ministry. In some cities like Nanterre, the police have turned around in the face of the intensity of the violence. Wounded are also to be deplored on the side of the demonstrators, as evidenced by several videos showing injured men, but it is still difficult to know the exact number.
A faster conflagration than in 2005
For several days, the parallel with the riots of 2005 has been emerging. Seine-Saint-Denis, then the whole of France, had been the scene of three weeks of urban violence, after the death of Zyed and Bouna, two teenagers electrocuted on October 27 in a transformer in Clichy-sous-Bois after a race – chase with the police.
At that time too, many cities outside of Ile-de-France had been affected. But the riots did not spread until November 2, six days after the death of Zyed and Bouna and the first demonstrations in Clichy-sous-Bois. The appointment of an independent judge, a week after the events, had not calmed the rioters. A state of emergency was declared on November 8.