The night of New Year's Eve was not easy for the police in Strasbourg.
At least twelve people were arrested in the evening from Friday to Saturday, including four for "urban violence", and two police officers were slightly injured, according to the prefecture and the police.
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So far 12 people have been arrested, including 4 in the context of urban violence.
The concealers of stolen vehicles and those who drive under the influence of alcohol are not spared!
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There is a “strong activity”, indicated the prefecture, according to which the police force made “use of grenades” in the popular district of Hautepierre “to respond to mortar fire and disperse people”.
“We deplore 2 police officers slightly injured by firecracker throws and a degraded police vehicle but we will remain mobilized, stronger than ever!
", Detailed the Bas-Rhin police on Twitter.
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.
"Not respected" prefectural decrees
"A party organized with 200 to 300 people" was observed 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 to the confrontation, there is a very great 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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Four prefectural decrees had been taken recently, including one prohibiting the sale and use of firecrackers and fireworks, very popular in Alsace and in neighboring Germany during New Year's Eve where they nevertheless cause many injuries or mutilations.
Last year, a young man died, his head blown off by a mortar.
Another is establishing a curfew in Strasbourg and in six neighboring municipalities for minors under 16 who are unaccompanied by a parent.
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.
