UPROAR. Over 150 people were arrested during unrest caused by a police shooting of a 17-year-old driver in a Paris suburb on June 27. As many as 24 police officers suffered injuries in clashes. (TASS)
PARIS – Over 150 people were detained in France Wednesday night during an uproar sparked by the police shooting a 17-year-old driver in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on June 27, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Thursday.
"A night of unbearable violence against the symbols of the Republic: arson and attacks on city hall buildings, schools and police departments.
A total of 150 people were detained. I express my support for police officers, gendarmes and firefighters who are bravely confronting [the unrest]. Shame on those who failed to call for calm," he wrote on Twitter.
Unrest broke out in the country after police shot dead a 17-year-old driver in Nanterre who had failed to comply with an order to stop his car.
Reports said protesters set fire to waste bins and fireworks were set off in Nanterre on Wednesday night and other areas. There was also a report that a group of people set a bus on fire in the Essonne region.
A police officer was arrested on suspicion of voluntary homicide. The Nanterre prosecutor’s office launched a probe into the refusal to obey police orders.
As many as 24 police officers suffered injuries in clashes in Paris suburbs after the incident. (TASS)
