Two minors aged 14 and 15 were taken into custody after the fire, on the night of Sunday 22 to Monday 23 November, of a bus in Sartrouville, the scene in recent days of urban violence, AFP learned. police source.
The driver, "
shocked
", the only person on board, was transferred to hospital for psychological follow-up, the same source told AFP.
Alerted, the firefighters brought the fire under control around 2 a.m.
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Earlier in the evening, the second city of Yvelines was agitated by other incidents which resulted in the arrest of a 19-year-old.
Around 7:00 p.m., several trash fires were lit, a bus shelter destroyed and the police declared that they had been the target of fireworks mortars launched by "
a group of a hundred individuals
".
For this intervention, the police, supported by troops from other towns in the department, used tear gas and three LBD shots.
No injuries were recorded, according to the police source.
In recent days, incidents have multiplied in Sartrouville, a town of nearly 50,000 inhabitants, where the police have been targeted on several occasions by fireworks and throwing projectiles.