Place Gabriel-Péri in the Guillotière district of Lyon (VIIe) was calm on Thursday.
The glass doors of the Casino, however, still bear the marks of the attack on three police officers on Wednesday evening near the tram station.
The three civilian peacekeepers were violently attacked by a crowd of about ten people during an arrest.
After a chase of a few minutes, the three members of the SISTC were about to arrest a man who had just committed a snatch robbery when the latter asked for help from the people present at this known place in Lyon. for its market on the sly and as a point of deal.
The three members of the police tried to take refuge, in vain, in the Casino supermarket which borders the square, pulling the suspect before being beaten by the crowd with kicks, fists, iron bars and tear gas, a scene of rare violence, videos of which quickly circulated on social networks.
The perpetrator managed to flee when the police had to let go to take refuge in the business.
Two of them were injured in the attack.
A peacekeeper received seven days of ITT while her colleague received two.
An investigation was opened by the departmental security concerning the attack and to find the suspect, already known to the police.
An open investigation
The police union Alliance called for "a firm criminal response" and a reinforcement of the workforce in the agglomeration.
Grégory Doucet, the EELV mayor of Lyon declared that "nothing can justify the violence exerted against the national police officers in the Guillotière district".
Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior also sent his "full support to the three victims of unbearable violence".
“At my request, all means are mobilized to challenge the authors.
Attacking a police officer is attacking the Republic,” he added.
The video center of the municipality has also been seized to be able to use the videos.
For his part, Gérard Collomb, the former mayor of Lyon, instructed the ecological municipality:
For two years, scenes of violence have multiplied in this district located in the heart of Lyon.
If the police presence has been increased, with the arrival of reinforcements in the sector since last year, it has not stemmed the various markets of misery which settle there daily.
In 2020, Gérald Darmanin announced the arrival of 100 police officers per year for three years in Lyon.