A coincidence perhaps, a provocation to be sure.
The Villeneuve-d'Ascq police station (North) was the target of fireworks mortars in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, launched by "10 to 15 individuals" around midnight, according to the Departmental Directorate of Security public (DDSP) of the North.
According to a police source, these shots could be linked to the arrest in the afternoon of a scooter driver without a license plate in the sensitive area of the Pont de Bois.
The man allegedly refused to comply and then hit a policeman, slightly injured in the hand.
He was taken into custody.
"The investigation will determine if there is a cause and effect link", however, was qualified at the DDSP, which stresses that the "increased presence of police officers" in the neighborhood can also serve as an explanation.
Unless it is an act of provocation inspired by others.
Last April, the police station of Trappes, in Yvelines, was the target of forty fireworks mortars.
