Dozens of arrests in Marseille
There have now been 49 arrests in Marseille, BFMTV reports.
“Many violent groups are still present in the city center of Marseille”, warned the prefecture of Bouches-du-Rhône.
❌ De nombreux groupes violents sont toujours présents en centre-ville de #Marseille. Ils sont régulièrement dispersés par les effectifs @policenat13. 42 interpellations.
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Coming hours 'decisive', says Darmanin
France’s interior minister has said the coming hours “will be decisive” as violence flared in France for a fourth consecutive night.
Gérald Darmanin said on TF1 television that 45,000 police officers, including special forces, would be deployed across the country on Friday night.
Darmanin tweeted late on Friday that “significant reinforcements” were arriving in Marseille, where more than 80 people had been arrested. He said 270 people had been arrested overall.
Darmanin said:
Entirely legitimate emotions can in no circumstances justify disorder and delinquency.
This is Adam Fulton taking over the blog from my colleague Nadeem Badshah
A summary of today's developments
Kylian Mbappé, the PSG and France footballer, has called for “appeasement” and an end to the “time of violence” in a message on Twitter after another night of disorder on Friday.
In Lyon, a complaints office in Croix-Rousse was ransacked by rioters, BFMTV reported. Luxury stores were also looted. 38 people have been arrested so far.
In Aulnay-sous-Bois, the mayor Bruno Beschizza, has a municipal decree establishing a citywide curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m, Le Monde reports.
Police in Marseille said at least 87 people have been arrested in the municipalities. Three police officers sustained injuries.
Two cities in the Alsace region of north-eastern France, Colmar and Mulhouse, have established curfews for unaccompanied minors for the next few days, according to AFP.
Police in Paris evacuated the Place de la Concorde amid the unrest, Reuters reports.
There was a demonstration despite a ban from police with people attending facing the prospect of a fine.
The decree of the prefecture prohibits “undeclared gatherings around in particular the Place de la Concorde, the Champs-Élysées, the Tuileries, the Champ-de-Mars, the National Assembly, from 7 p.m. today to 5 a.m. tomorrow”.
In the Alpes-Maritimes, in the Blaquière sector, police dispersed a group of rioters.
Seven people were arrested, BFMTV reported.
The city of Toulouse was again affected by unrest this evening. 19 people were arrested, BFMTV reported, citing a police source.
A young man has died after he fell from the roof of a supermarket in the city of Rouen during rioting, local authorities said.
A police source claimed the man plunged from the building, in the suburb of Petit-Quevilly in the Bruyeres shopping centre, while it was being looted overnight on Thursday, Sky News reported.
France football captain Kylian Mbappe calls for an end to the violence
Kylian Mbappé, the PSG and France footballer, has called for “appeasement” and an end to the “time of violence” in a message on Twitter.
In Lyon, a complaints office in Croix-Rousse was ransacked by rioters, BFMTV reported. Luxury stores were also looted.
38 people have been arrested so far.
In Montpellier, several hundred people defied the ban on demonstrating by marching , according to Agence France-Presse.
At the end of the demonstration, on the Place de la Comédie, the police fired tear gas and the demonstrators dispersed with some of them looting a jewellery store.
There is currently disorder in the Les Halles sector in Paris, BFMTV reported.
The day before, shops had been looted in this district of the capital.
In Aulnay-sous-Bois, the mayor Bruno Beschizza, has a municipal decree establishing a citywide curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m, Le Monde reports.
Beschizza said: “We must make the bitter observation: the authority of the State has been flouted ,” wrote the mayor to his constituents. “For tonight, and the next nights, the intelligence services indicate that the situation will unfortunately worsen.”
Five teenagers, aged 15 to 17, were arrested on Avenue Georges Pompidou in Grasse this evening, BFM Nice Côte d’Azur reported.
The suspects had gasoline jerry cans and a backpack with a glass bottle inside.
Police in Marseille said a total of 63 people have been arrested in the municipalities.
17 people arrested in Lyon – reports
There have been at least 17 people arrested in Lyon, BFMTV has reported citing police sources.
Dozens of people had clashed with police in the Vénissieux area of the city.
Two cities 'impose curfews on unaccompanied minors'
Two cities in the Alsace region of north-eastern France, Colmar and Mulhouse, have established curfews for unaccompanied minors for the next few days, according to AFP.
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