This New Year's Eve was marked by "
strong activity
" in Strasbourg where twelve people were arrested, including four for "
urban violence
", and where two police officers were slightly injured.
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According to the prefecture, the security forces "
used grenades
" in the popular district of Hautepierre "
to respond to mortar fire and disperse people
".
“
So far, 12 people have been arrested, four in connection with urban violence,
” Bas-Rhin police said on Twitter.
“
We deplore 2 police officers slightly injured by firecracker throws and a degraded police vehicle but we will remain mobilized, stronger than ever!
", Also specified this Twitter account.
In Lingolsheim, on the outskirts of the Alsatian capital, a man was "
quickly arrested
" after firing "
on a BAC vehicle with a mortar
", according to the same source.
Vehicles were set on fire in several neighborhoods, another police source said.
Fireworks mortar fire
"
A party organized with 200 to 300 people
" was noted in a restaurant "
sublet
" in Schiltigheim, near Strasbourg.
"
Mortar fire at police officers
" also took place in the parking lot of a supermarket in this town on the outskirts, according to the same source.
“
Individuals come into confrontation, there is a great deal of mistrust against the police, a desire to do battle.
None of the measures taken is respected, the curfew for minors, the wearing and use of fireworks, nothing is respected,
”lamented this source.
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Six units of mobile forces (UFM), or 360 officials, were mobilized for the night of the New Year, as well as nearly 400 police officers and a "
hundred
" soldiers of Operation Sentinel, had detailed Wednesday the prefect of Bas-Rhin , Josiane Chevalier.
For the whole of the department, the total was 1950 police, firefighters and soldiers.
Four prefectural decrees were also taken recently, including one prohibiting the sale and use of firecrackers and fireworks, very popular in Alsace and neighboring Germany during New Year's Eve where they nevertheless cause numerous injuries or mutilations.
Last year, a young man died, his head blown off by a mortar.
Another established a curfew in Strasbourg and in six neighboring municipalities for minors under the age of 16 unaccompanied by a parent.
