After La Duchère, Rillieux-la-Pape, here is Bron, another town in Greater Lyon which is the scene of urban violence.
A police vehicle was targeted by a group of young people while several vehicles were set on fire.
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On the images of a video shared by the union of police commissioners, we can see a group of individuals attacking a police vehicle without knowing if the police are inside.
On other videos shared by Radio Scoop on social networks, we can see a burning police vehicle.
It all started Thursday evening in the district of La Duchère in Lyon after a serious scooter accident that occurred the day before in the same district, the police having been accused by some residents of being involved.
13 years old and without a helmet, the driver of the vehicle is still hospitalized and his vital prognosis still engaged according to the town hall.
Two hundred police officers and gendarmes as reinforcements
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has announced he is sending him to reinforce 200 police officers and gendarmes in the Lyon metropolitan area, which has been experiencing significant urban violence for a few days.
“
Faced with the unacceptable violence that the Lyon area has experienced in recent hours, I decided to send a third mobile force unit
, he wrote on Twitter.
In all, there are more than 200 police and gendarmes as reinforcements this afternoon to uphold the republican order
”.
Thirteen vehicles were set on fire and at least six people arrested Friday evening March 5 in Rillieux-la-Pape, in the suburbs of Lyon, the day after urban violence in the sensitive district of La Duchère in Lyon, we learned from corroborating sources.
"
The situation is under control but I am very angry (...) Some are using what happened yesterday at La Duchère to give free rein to their violence,
" lamented the mayor LR to AFP. de Rillieux-la-Pape, Alexandre Vincendet.
Nine young people released, three referred on Saturday
Nine of the twelve young people arrested Thursday evening in Lyon after urban violence in the sensitive district of La Duchère were released Friday "for
lack of elements
", while three others remained in police custody before their deferral on Saturday, indicated the parquet.
The extension of police custody concerns an adult for "
violence with a weapon on a person holding public authority (throwing projectiles) and participation in a group with a view to committing violence or degradation
", and two minors aged 16 and over. 14 years old.
They will be presented to a children's judge, the first for the same reasons as the young adult, the second "
for possession of a mortar fireworks display
", the same source said in a press release.