PARIS: Police arrested 1,314 individuals in weekend protests across France, the inside ministry stated on Sunday (Oct 25), including that 53 officers have been damage in clashes.
The arrests occurred as violence broke out on the margins of mass demonstrations in main cities on Saturday over the excessive value of residing.
It was the second consecutive weekend of unrest in France, which is heading to presidential elections in April and Could to decide on a successor to Emmanuel Macron, who’s reaching his two-term restrict.
The inside ministry stated police responded to 75 fires throughout Saturday’s protests, including that 24 retailers have been looted.
“A number of investigations have been opened,” it stated in an announcement, with out giving particulars. It stated that the remainder of Saturday evening, after the clashes had died down, was “calm”.
The ministry assertion on Sunday didn’t say what number of protesters have been damage.
Late Saturday, Inside Minister Laurent Nunez spoke of two severe accidents amongst protesters: one in Toulouse and one in Clermont-Ferrand.
PROTESTERS HURT
The Toulouse prefecture, which reviews to the inside ministry, advised AFP {that a} 20-year-old man was critically damage with a wound to his hand.
A avenue medic who tended demonstrators advised AFP, on situation of anonymity, that the person had “a number of fingers” blown off his proper hand.
The prefecture overlaying Clermont-Ferrand stated a person there additionally had a hand damage, however didn’t undergo the lack of any fingers.
A French regional day by day, La Nouvelle Republique, reported {that a} man in Poitiers was damage in his left eye, displaying a photograph of a person holding his face.
The newspaper’s photographer advised AFP he was a 19-year-old who was wounded throughout a cost by riot police firing stun grenades and tear fuel.
There have been a number of situations in latest weeks, throughout pupil protests in France, of individuals being maimed by police stun grenades or tear fuel grenades.
It was not recognized if the accidents reported from Saturday have been from these police weapons. Officers stated investigations had been opened in not less than a number of the circumstances.
