New urban riots, a few days after La Duchère in Lyon: the northern districts of Blois were the scene of violent incidents during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.
Several fires and clashes with the police are to be deplored.
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As detailed in
La Nouvelle République
, the start of these revolts seems to be linked to a serious traffic accident yesterday early evening on the avenue de France in the royal city.
A collision left four people injured, two of them in a state of absolute emergency, after one of the two cars involved was prosecuted by the police for refusing to comply with a control.
Police, BAC, helicopter and GIGN reinforcements
In the evening, several cars were set on fire, as well as an Aldi supermarket which had just opened in the neighborhood.
The assistance present for the road accident was taken to task and several mortar explosions against the police were heard.
The prefect of Loir-et-Cher François Pesneau confirmed the situation to our colleagues: "
We are facing a system of urban violence
".
Shortly before midnight he also detailed the device engaged to respond: "
We are in the process of mobilizing the troops and calling for police reinforcements, from the BAC of Tours, Orléans and Le Mans.
The helicopter of the national gendarmerie, based in Tours, must also arrive, just like a squadron of the mobile gendarmerie of Paris and the GIGN: the objective is to strike hard to quickly put an end to these facts
”, he added. he explains.
A Departmental Operational Center has been set up in the prefecture for coordination.
On Twitter, residents of the affected neighborhood posted images of violence, looting and looting that allegedly followed the supermarket fire.
