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A 24-year-old firefighter died while battling a blaze in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis during a sixth night of unrest following the fatal police shooting of a teenager last week.
But the number of arrests fell for the second night in a row on Sunday, a sign that the violence that has rocked the streets of France in response to the death of 17-year-old Nahel may be on the decline.
As the level of arrests and violence eased, President Emmanuel Macron met with ministers on Sunday to draw up a political road map for a way out of the crisis.
France’s interior ministry said on Monday that 157 people were arrested overnight, compared to 773 on Saturday night and 1,311 on Friday night.
“A 17-year-old boy can’t get shot in the chest and die, so naturally it evokes a lot of emotion, and with that emotion, anger too. But vandalizing a shop has nothing to do with this feeling,” Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti told France Inter, adding that some people were using the murder as an “excuse” for violent behaviour. were using
A police investigation is ongoing into the circumstances of the death of a firefighter killed during a garage fire. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin wrote on Twitter, “My sincere and saddest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues.”
Three police officers were injured on Sunday night, while about 50 police officers were injured the previous night. Police have maintained a heavy presence across the country, with 45,000 officers active overnight for the past three nights.
A total of 3,354 people have been arrested since a police officer shot Nahel, a teenager of North African descent in the Paris suburb of Nanterre during a traffic stop last Tuesday. Protests, riots and vandalism have rocked France since the incident, which was captured in a video that quickly went viral.
Politicians across France condemned the attack on the home of a mayor in L’Haÿ-les-Roses on Saturday night. Municipal buildings, town halls, schools and other public facilities have been targeted by rioters as perceived symbols of the state.
“We are all very affected,” Vincent Jeanbrun, the mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses, said of his family on BFM TV. “Young people need to be told: ‘There is a republican order, law and authority.’ .
A person present at Sunday’s government crisis meeting said Macron would meet leaders of the Senate and National Assembly on Monday and more than 220 mayors across France on Tuesday.
