Gérald Darmanin announced on Tuesday December 13 the deployment of 10,000 police officers throughout France, including 5,000 in Paris, for the semi-final of the Football World Cup, France-Morocco, on Wednesday.
“
10,000 police and gendarmes will be mobilized.
5,000 in the Paris region, and particularly around the Champs-Élysées and 5,000 outside the Paris region
”, declared the Minister of the Interior before the National Assembly, specifying that the Champs-Élysées would not be closed to traffic.
Incidents broke out on Saturday 10, after the qualifications of France and Morocco, with 170 arrests in France, including 100 in Paris, we learned from police sources and from the Paris prosecutor's office.
About 20,000 people had gathered in the evening on the Champs-Élysées, according to the Paris police headquarters.
Of the 100 people arrested, 80, including 23 minors, were taken into police custody in the capital, the prosecution had detailed.
On Tuesday 6, violence was also to be deplored on the sidelines of Morocco's victory against Spain.
In Paris, on the Champs-Élysées, 730 police officers were mobilized.
Many drivers had blocked traffic while the police had to intervene to stop urban rodeos,
a police source told Le
Figaro .
