"And the tension is not about to subside," says a police officer. After the death of the young Nahel, 17 years old, Tuesday, June 27, in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), urban violence took place in the night from Wednesday to Thursday. The teenager was fatally shot by a police officer in Nanterre following a refusal to comply.
The communes of Chartres, Mainvilliers and Lucé were affected in turn by clashes, as in Dreux. The tension has also risen a notch in Nogent-le-Rotrou. As elsewhere in France, artisanal barricades were erected, dozens of vehicles were charred, street furniture was destroyed, garbage cans burned and businesses ransacked, such as the Feuillette bakery in Lucé. Flames from a burning pickup truck spread their fumes to the building. "Fifty people are technically unemployed," says the prefecture of Eure-et-Loir, which locks all communication.
Sale and consumption of alcohol prohibited on public roads
When you wake up, some streets bear the scars of violence. Rue François-Foreau, at the corner of Rue René-Langlois, in Lucé, in the Vieux Puits district, the car of which only the carcass remains has been removed. "The demonstrators were holding up ambushes at the police," said a police officer. "This night may be more or less tense, depending on the decision that the justice will take concerning the policeman, author of the fatal shooting," analyzes the policeman. "It would calm the heat if he was in detention. If he does not go to prison, it may degenerate, "continues the same police source.
At the end of the day, the police officer responsible for the shooting was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention. A maximum of police officers will be on the ground, from the beginning of the evening. Impossible to know their number. "Very few are on leave. They had put them down months ago. But no leave will be accepted. They are all blocked because everyone is mobilized, "continues the policeman. Projectile throws, mortar fire... "We do not want to go back into weeks of conflict, like in 2005," he said, referring to the two teenagers who died electrocuted in an EDF transformer in Clichy-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis), where they had taken shelter while being pursued by the police.
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To avoid any overflow, the prefect of Eure-et-Loir, Françoise Souliman, announced this Thursday, June 29, restrictive measures to prevent urban violence from breaking out. Until Monday, June 3, it is forbidden to retail gasoline to take away, the sale and consumption of alcohol on public roads are prohibited as well as the possession, acquisition and use of fireworks and firecrackers. "I condemn in the strongest terms the damage and violence committed last night in the department. I call for appeasement and civil responsibility, "insists the prefect.