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PARIS (Reuters) – Unrest sparked across France by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to have slowed overnight after six nights.
In all, according to the Interior Ministry, there were 157 arrests overnight, down from a peak of 3,880 arrests during the scorching night of June 30. Two law enforcement stations were attacked, among other damage.
Some 45,000 officers have been deployed across the country to confront the violence fueled by anger at discrimination against people with roots in former French colonies who live in low-income neighborhoods.
Nahil, the young man who was killed last Tuesday, was of Algerian origin and was shot in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.
Across France, 297 vehicles were burned overnight along with 34 buildings.
A burning car pinned down the home of the mayor of the Paris suburb of Les-les-Roses over the weekend, in an unusual personal attack against the backdrop of fires and vandalism targeting police stations and town halls.
French President Emmanuel Macros blamed social media for the unrest and called on parents to take responsibility for their teenage children.
Justice Minister Eric Dupond Moretti told France Inter radio that parents who shirked this responsibility “either through indifference or willfully” will be prosecuted.
Mayor Vincent Janbrunn said his wife and one of his children were infected and criticized the government for doing too little and too late – and saying blaming social media or parents is a bigger problem.
“The basic ingredients are still there. For several years now, all summer long, explosives have gone off that keep people from sleeping, that make them crazy,” he told BFM-TV on Monday. “We are powerless summer after summer.”
In all, according to the Interior Ministry, there were 157 arrests overnight, down from a peak of 3,880 arrests during the scorching night of June 30. Two law enforcement stations were attacked, among other damage.
Some 45,000 officers have been deployed across the country to confront the violence fueled by anger at discrimination against people with roots in former French colonies who live in low-income neighborhoods.
Nahil, the young man who was killed last Tuesday, was of Algerian origin and was shot in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.
Across France, 297 vehicles were burned overnight along with 34 buildings.
A burning car pinned down the home of the mayor of the Paris suburb of Les-les-Roses over the weekend, in an unusual personal attack against the backdrop of fires and vandalism targeting police stations and town halls.
French President Emmanuel Macros blamed social media for the unrest and called on parents to take responsibility for their teenage children.
Justice Minister Eric Dupond Moretti told France Inter radio that parents who shirked this responsibility “either through indifference or willfully” will be prosecuted.
Mayor Vincent Janbrunn said his wife and one of his children were infected and criticized the government for doing too little and too late – and saying blaming social media or parents is a bigger problem.
“The basic ingredients are still there. For several years now, all summer long, explosives have gone off that keep people from sleeping, that make them crazy,” he told BFM-TV on Monday. “We are powerless summer after summer.”
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