Sunday evening, the Courneuve police station was targeted by fireworks mortars, injuring two police officers. These pyrotechnic devices have nothing to do with weapons of war, but are nevertheless very dangerous and strictly controlled.
The Global Security Act of 2021 toughened sanctions against violators. Regularly, law enforcement seizes thousands, even tens of thousands, of fireworks on French territory coming from abroad. The laws do not prevent traffickers from building up large stocks of fireworks and Roman candles.